The Single Science - Second Edition

by Leonardo Duque

Overview

"The Single Science" has been progressively in the making for over three decades.

When applying The Formative Method of Science, the author finds that the current distribution of the added value among farmers, the agro-industry, and the merchant has significantly damaged the farmers' situation. Farmers physically work harder than the agro-industry and the merchant. Which one of them manages a greater complexity? Compare farmers' risks to those assumed by the agribusiness transforming cereal into oats or flour, the merchant who sells the product, and the profits they receive. The reasons for the above are the cumulative effect of prejudices, and the root cause is blind imitation. Within The Single Science, the reader will find a suggested strategy to increase farmers' income.

When addressing the farmers' situation using the Descriptive and Experimental Methods of Science, the author proposes replacing the construction industry as the economy's engine today with the potential of biodiversity to generate employment worldwide. He also suggests the latent potential of nature's kingdoms for a unifying environmental curricular proposal to empower the world's youth with science methods, starting with the farmers' daughters and sons.

The author suggests that women should have a majority role in managing human affairs at the local, national, and international levels, except for the Universal House of Justice. The reasoning supporting this suggestion is that women have demonstrated to be less prone to corruption, are responsible for only 16% of crime worldwide, and are endowed with mercy, empathy, and tenderness of heart, crucial qualities to make sound choices in life. To reach gender equality, males should learn to listen to females' feelings to perceive a complementary dimension of the problematic situation.

Science's value-free ideal, stripped of emotions and feelings and in conflict with religion, is considered the foundation of conventional scientific methods. We should not be surprised by the current world situation of the oppressed masses of humanity because it seems to be the obvious, expected outcome of applying the research methods by the orthodox followers of those principles. They also predominantly support the materialistic eastern and western ideologies that, in the author's view, bear a great responsibility for the degradation of the environment and human beings under their influence.

Then, what is the strategy to reach a unity of thought about fundamental notions, such as what are human beings? What is science? And what is religion? That is the challenge initiated by The Single Science. In it, the reader will find notions of science and Religion joined and welded in a common conceptual framework for reading, interpreting, and transforming reality using seven science methods.

'Abdu'l-Bahá, in The Promulgation of Universal Peace, said: "Religion must stand the analysis of reason. It must agree with scientific fact and proof so that science will sanction Religion and Religion fortify science. Both are indissolubly welded and joined in reality. If statements and teachings of Religion are found to be unreasonable and contrary to science, they are outcomes of superstition and imagination."

The author offers The Single Science as an option to release the human race's and other kingdoms' existing potential as a contribution to reaching the Lesser Peace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732008182
Publisher:	Leonardo Duque
Publication date:	02/15/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	398
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

The author worked as a professor in Colombia for FUNDAEC's University for Rural Wellbeing (Non-Profit Foundation for the Application and Teaching of Science) and the Javeriana University. His search for profound answers to the farmers' dire situation started when three indigenous leaders from Latin American tribes, among others, were invited in 1989 to a seminar about FUNDAEC's almost 80 textbooks fruit of research about agriculture, engineering, education, and agroindustry for rural communities wellbeing. After having presented the results of 15 years of research, he asked them about their opinion. There were a Mapuche from Chile, a Kariña from Venezuela, and a Quechua from Bolivia. At the end of the seminar, he asked them what they thought about FUNDAEC's work during a break. They look at each other and the oldest, Sabino Ortega the Amauta Quechua, said: Leo, what you have is good, but indigenous people perceive nature differently. When Leo asked Sabino, how come? Sabino answered: When I observe a special bird flying over my home, I know visitors started walking to visit us, and they will be here in two or three days. Leo told them that he would study their concern and look for an answer. Their response transformed the course of his life. From the writings of Bahá'u'lláh, he was aware of focusing the search on the ancient Greek philosophers. I have vast experience working with NGOs in Colombia and Central America as a consultant and as a teacher. Specifically, I developed and teach a methodology that allows Businesses and Non-Profits to define parameters and formulate indicators to measure their progress in solving their problems. In Atlanta, I have volunteered at the Latin American Association, teaching a course titled Domestic Violence Issues and designing and teaching a course to train Hispanics to monitor and evaluate their job performance to increase job stability. These experiences have given me solid, extensive management skills, which, when coupled with my experiences at HCAG (Hispanic Contractor's Association of Georgia), mainly a course, that I developed and taught on Risk Management, have prepared me to continue to work in education with the diverse, multicultural populations of Georgia. Because of the US 2008 economic recession I have been taking care of little kids for the last three and half years and I have learn patience and understanding of little ones curiosity and how to guide them and take care of them.I am very goal oriented, a skill I learned as the Academic Coordinator of a graduate program in Management of Non-Profits the equivalent of a Masters in Social Management. As a result of my academic and professional training, I am methodical and organized in my approach to education. The author dedicated his other books to the relentlessly persecuted Bahá'ís of Iran. This book is also in their honor for being so resilient and steadfast human beings.My eternal gratitude to my wife and our dear children, their spouses, and grandkids; I will never forget the joy of being with them and their support, patience, and love in accepting the long hours I dedicate to my research.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents. 5

Biographic Note About the Author. 11

Preface. 15

1       Introduction to The Single Science. 19

1.1        Classes and categories are the foundation of philosophy. 27

1.2        The methodology followed in the construction of the single science. 29

2       The Cause of Maturity and the Exploratory Method. 37

2.1        Philosophical Argument. 40

2.1.1         Mercy Encompasses the Entire Creation. 41

2.1.2         Situations with challenges, problems, tests, and difficulties. 43

2.1.3         Challenges are blessings. 44

2.1.4         Intelligence. 44

2.1.5         Power. 45

2.1.6         Human powers. 46

2.1.7         Patience. 47

2.1.8         Discernment and self-control 47

2.1.9         Moral principles. 49

2.1.10      Wisdom.. 50

2.1.11      Sources of wisdom.. 50

2.1.12      Tenderness, mercy, and empathy. 50

2.1.13      Two natures. 52

2.1.14      Considering the heart's role in the decision-making process. 53

2.1.15      Free will 53

2.1.16      Human kingdom and other kingdoms in nature. 54

2.1.17      Stages and phases. 55

2.1.18      Sense of our own powerlessness. 57

2.1.19      Relationships. 57

2.1.20      Laws. 57

2.2        Research Steps for the Exploratory Method. 58

2.3        The exploratory phase of the farmers' situation. 62

3       Summary of the Four Causes Taught by the Greek Philosophers. 67

4       The Formative Cause and the Formative Method. 69

4.1        Philosophical Argument. 72

4.1.1         General properties of matter. 76

4.1.2         Religious and scientific principles. 76

4.1.3         Love is a Bond Inherent in the Realities of Things. 78

4.1.4         The soul 79

4.1.5         Hormones and emotions. 80

4.1.6         Power of imagination. 80

4.1.7         Sense of religion. 80

4.1.8         Sense of justice. 80

4.1.9         Relationships. 81

4.1.10      Parameters and indicators. 82

4.2        Research Steps for the Formative Method. 83

4.3        The formative phase of the farmers' situation. 85

5       The Material Cause and the Qualitative Method. 93

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