Some have spent years studying Kant and his Categorical Framework for knowledge, first published in 1781. I am absolutely fascinated by the implications of Kant’s maddeningly simple chart. Can it be a framework for all knowledge? Can we somehow bring this structure into our modern, 21st century understanding of how we think about knowledge itself? I think we [...]
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21st Century Kant: Learning to Frame Knowledge Anew (w/ help from Aristotle & Wittgenstein)
Posted in complexity, critical thinking, tagged artistotle, convergence, framework, Kant, knowledge, paradigm, philosophy, Wittgenstein on January 22, 2012 | 7 Comments »
Ahead in 2012: Intention & value systems in our culture. And a book.
Posted in critical thinking, culture, ecosystem, tagged 2012, book, collaboration, e20, ecosystem, gov20, intention, Jefferson, New Years Resolutions on January 1, 2012 | 2 Comments »
New Years Day, 2012. What better time for a checkpoint? My research has begun to converge. I’ve posted a recap of key themes at about.me but for now, I’ll follow custom (very retro, I know!) to recap my 2012 resolutions: R1. Intentionality in all things is the new reality of our busy lifestyles, and a grounding principle for heavy [...]
The Divergence of Thought in Science & Philosophy: Could “Complexity” be New Common Ground?
Posted in complexity, critical thinking, paradigm, tagged Aristotle, Bacon, Bloom, complexity, Des Cartes, epistemology, Kant, knowledge, knowledge frameworks, kuhn, philosophy, science on October 31, 2011 | 41 Comments »
Knowledge is a gift best appreciated when we don’t try to think about it. As a topic of focus, it frequently defies words. It grows more elusive as we attempt to draw closer to its source. And, though we make complex decisions every day, we routinely fail to grasp what it means to truly understand [...]
Words That Matter: Wittgenstein and Senge on the Power of Language in Critical Thinking
Posted in collaboration, critical thinking, culture, language, tagged bohm, change, collaboration, communication, education, innovation, knowledge, kuhn, language, learning, linkedin, paradigm, Senge, Wittgenstein on August 16, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Language, like the culture it derives from, plays a subtle but powerful role in how we interact with others. Yet we are so completely immersed in it, we scarcely give it a second thought. Early in the 20th century, Ludwig Wittgenstein brought focus to the critical importance of language in the context of knowledge, philosophy, [...]
Philosophy and the Search for Ideas: Foundations of Critical Thinking
Posted in collaboration, critical thinking, paradigm, tagged abstraction, Aristotle, Bacon, context, critical, Hume, Kant, linkedin, ontology, philosophy, Plato, Pythagoras, science, series, Socrates, thinking, Wittgenstein on May 21, 2011 | 16 Comments »
As historians are quick to point out, the parallels between modern times and the classical world – including not only Greece, but also Rome – are plentiful. No new thinking here. In profound ways, our modern society, laws, forms of government and language are embedded in the classic traditions. But there’s more to the story [...]
On Semantics: When Ambiguity is the Enemy
Posted in collaboration, critical thinking, km, language, tagged communication, context, folksonomy, km, ontology, semantics, taxonomy on December 15, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Asking for directions at the Tower of Babel must have been quite an ordeal, with everyone speaking a different language. I guess they had organizational silos way back then. Fast forward a couple thousand years, and we still can’t get through a day without debating simple words and phrases. The latest roadblock: unpacking the overused [...]
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