I'm not sure I understand the diagram.
I also liked the concept of what you said in
Message 14:
RAZD writes:
Perhaps what I should do is discard the labels and use just the definitions proposed
Inner core: is what we know about reality from objective evidence and the scientific method.
middle layer: is what we think about reality based on logic that is internally consistent
outer layer: is what we believe about reality without objectivity or logic.
But... using the Science/Philosophy/Faith labels does make things easier, so I'm just going to use the labels and assume we're talking about the definitions you've specified here.
So... getting back to my non-understanding... what are we actually trying to show with this diagram?
Perceptions of Reality... but what does that mean?
I think the diagram would be more complete with an actual shaded region showing "Matches Reality" and "Does Not Match Reality."
I think this could be shown with a diagonal line. Going from top left to bottom right on about a 45 degree angle...
I also don't think such a line should go through the middle of the diagram, but at least through the centre of the "science" circle (but on the same 45 degree angle or so). And maybe even closer towards the lower-left area where all the circles kind of bunch up.
Anything on the left of the line would be "Matches Reality" and anything to the right would be "Does Not Match Reality."
I mean... the whole point is that
we never actually get to know when something matches reality or not. Simply because we can always be wrong/mistaken just because we're human.
But, we do know that our science-perceptions are closer/better than our philosophy-perceptions which are closer/better than our faith perceptions (although all 3 have "a chance" of being real).
I think that would relay some actual information with the diagram.
Without something like that... it's nice to see "perceptions"... but what is the diagram actually telling us? Is it telling us anything significant if we can't relay it back to reality?
If it is just telling us "perceptions" then I would be pressed to push the point that there are some strange people with some strange perceptions... and perhaps it's possible that some person's perceptions just don't align well to any neat, clean venn diagram.