Language imposes limitations. When we reason, we use language, whether symbolic or natural. But, our understanding, or, perhaps it is better to talk about it as an intuition, runs deeper than our reason. A common example can be found in a terms like "creepy", "janky", etc. We use these terms when there is uncertainty, when … Continue reading The Understructure of Thought
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The Four Reading Levels
Elementary: What does the text say? Literacy.Inspectual: What is this article/book about? Superficial, skimming.Analytical: Is the information / argument good? Meaning, perspective and use.Synoptic: Comparative. Trying to incorporate multiple points of view into our own view. Nothing I want to quote from the article by Bruno Boksic on this topic. But, I thought it was … Continue reading The Four Reading Levels
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