Quotes

"Dialogue is mutual search for a new reality, not debate to win with stronger arguments. In a dialogue propositions are pointers toward a common new reality; not against each other to win a verbal battle, but complementing each other in an effort to accommodate legitimate goals of all parties, inspired by theories and values, and constructive-creative-concrete enough to become a causa finalis". Galtuung


"I use the concept of affect as away of talking about a margin of manouverability, the 'where we might be able to go' and 'what we might be able to do' in every present situation. I guess 'affect' is a word I use for 'hope': Massumi


"A discourse is a system of words, actions, rules, beliefs, and institutions that share common values. Particular discourses sustain particular worldviews. We might even think of a discourse as a worldview in action. Discourses tend to be invisible--taken for granted as part of the fabric of reality."Fairclough


Emergence is “the principle that entities exhibit properties which are meaningful only when attributed to the whole, not to its parts.” Checkland


"What the designer cares about is whether the user perceives that some action is possible (or in the case of perceived non-affordances, not possible)." Norman




Sunday, 31 July 2011

Extending Rationality

Frankfurt School
Marcuse
Enlightenment attempts to free us from superstition via science
Instrumental Rationality marks off one area as rational (Science) the other as irrational
Leads to binary stereotyped symbolic caricature and fear of the excluded

Instrumental rationality leads to a complex beurocracy and technologies disconnected from  mission
Institutions become self serving, expert langauge groups etc.

Individual rational actions are not always socially positive, ecology and market crash

Game theory

Do we attempt to deal with complexity or become a cynic sceptic and act for individual gain.


Habermas (communicative action/discourse)  and Derrida(Deconstruction) argue for extending rationality. Foucault thinks its just a power game...

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