One similarity between art and science is that both of them attempt to define truth. In art, artists attempt to portray emotions in their creations. Although it can be argued what “is and isn’t art” and that all art is subjective and is based on personal knowledge, many people can have similar or the same interpretations of a piece, and as a result, this makes people reach a general consensus about it, which can give them shared knowledge of the artist’s idea of “truth”. Science, on the other hand, has a different method of approaching truth and is much more based on fact and objectivity rather than bringing emotion into play (though not entirely). In science, theories are created based off of experimentation and eventually become paradigms in the scientific community, meaning that they are generally accepted as “truth”. However, in order to approach truth, science requires these paradigms to be challenged by scientists in order to see if the paradigms are true in every situation. If it isn’t true in a situation, then it means that either the experiment was incorrect or the paradigm is incorrect. If the paradigm is proven incorrect, then it means that scientists have gotten closer to the truth.

A difference between art and science is that while art seems to be more about many people reaching a consensus about an artist’s idea of truth, science is somewhat the opposite. In science, it is most often a single or small group of scientists doing an experiment and reaching a consensus based on their results, creating a smaller, personal knowledge for the scientists. This is then shared with the larger science community, making the personal knowledge more shared. However, when other scientists look at this data, they may reach a different consensus about the results, meaning that they have different personal knowledge than the general scientific community. When this personal knowledge is tested and either proven or not proven, it gives growth to the scientific community. Art, on the other hand, I feel is more based around many people’s interpretation of an artist’s personal knowledge. In conclusion, I think that in science, it is more about one or a few people’s personal knowledge becoming shared knowledge in the scientific community, whereas in art, it is about many people’s personal knowledge becoming shared knowledge of what a piece of art is about.