Comments on: The Two Types of Thinking http://blog.flyinglogic.com/archives/12 Topics of interest to the Flying Logic community Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:04:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Bernad D. Tremblay (ben) http://blog.flyinglogic.com/archives/12/comment-page-1#comment-29 Bernad D. Tremblay (ben) Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:52:42 +0000 http://blog.flyinglogic.com/?p=12#comment-29 An interesting dichotomy. My take-away from studying "neo-realism" in poli-sci is related; I concluded that there were basically two different and contrasting modes of "being": the first is predicated on projecting a world-view and its sets of opinions and assessment ... enter "convince" and "compel" along with "control" and "conquer". But I don't just want my interlocuter to obey my spin ... so there's a mode that engages in reality-testing (Socratic method and dialectic!), which entails collaboration and true discourse. "Make a plan; make it work" is fine for air traffic controllers, but it's ghastly when applied in the realm of, say, public policy! regards --bentrem An interesting dichotomy.

My take-away from studying “neo-realism” in poli-sci is related; I concluded that there were basically two different and contrasting modes of “being”: the first is predicated on projecting a world-view and its sets of opinions and assessment … enter “convince” and “compel” along with “control” and “conquer”. But I don’t just want my interlocuter to obey my spin … so there’s a mode that engages in reality-testing (Socratic method and dialectic!), which entails collaboration and true discourse.

“Make a plan; make it work” is fine for air traffic controllers, but it’s ghastly when applied in the realm of, say, public policy!

regards
–bentrem

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