13-3a The use of the mathematical concept of function in a science of human action is inappropriate—because it disregards time and knowledge creation (i.e., the multiverse)

“The mathematical equations of the evenly rotating economy describe only a static situation, outside of time. The use of the mathematical concept of “function” is particularly inappropriate in a science of human action. On the one hand, action itself is not a function of anything, since “function” implies definite, unique, mechanical regularity and determination. On the other hand, the mathematics of simultaneous equations, dealing in physics with unmotivated motion, stresses mutual determination. In human action, however, the known causal force of action unilinearly determines the results. Training in mathematics, without adequate attention to the epistemology of the sciences of human action, is likely to yield unfortunate results when applied to the latter.”

Related:

• 10-2g3d1.1 Humans create their own cause
• Why disregarding time disregards the multiverse
  • 10-2e4 Other times (in ‘our universe’) are just special cases of other universes. There is no demarcation between other times and other universes in the multiverse.
• On functions
  • 5-1b1a3 We are more than technology, because we create knowledge-technology. We are more than functions. Don’t be a function.