The Relation between Art and Social Science as a Potential Creative Matrix

Layder D

Published on: 2023-11-20

Abstract

In this short communication I want to make a few comments about the relation between Art and Social Science considered potentially as a ‘creative matrix’. This stands against the view of art and science as intrinsically opposing each other in ‘never-to-be reconciled’ conflict. This view is perhaps more often (but not exclusively) expressed by natural scientists, as opposed to social scientists (although some, influenced by a positivist view of science, are also prone). However, a perspective on, and model of, social reality as multidimensional -as it appears in ‘the theory of entangled social domains’ is compatible with a view of art and social science as an integrated creative matrix.