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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

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  2. World problems
  3. Conflicting symbol systems

Conflicting symbol systems

  • Symbols represent divisions

Incidence

The most important conflict between symbol systems in the past 150 years has been between the symbols, myths and rites of religion and those of science. The current local of this conflict is between western scientific thought and Muslim Fundamentalism.

Claim

The ascendance of the scientific world view has led to materialism, pop psychology and officially sanctioned dilettantism, cynicism and scepticism.

Broader

Undetermined procedures for adapting tradition-bound cultures
Presentable
Symbol system failure
Yet to rate

Narrower

Opposition between religion and science
Unpresentable
Symbols unrelated to human experience
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Social divisions
Excellent
Lack of commitment to common symbols
Yet to rate

Value

Conflict
Yet to rate

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Cybernetics » Systems
  • Individuation » Symbols, myths
Content quality
Yet to rate
 Yet to rate
Language
English
1A4N
G0914
DOCID
11709140
D7NID
134061
Editing link
Official link
https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/conflicting-symbol-systems
Last update
Dec 3, 2024