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




Friday, 11 March 2011

Creativity and Rationality

There is no reason the forgo the concern with rationality, which Habermas and now the broader cognitive approach have striven to rescue from the turmoil of the last complicated centrury. But there are good reasons not to oppose rationality with creativity. the hopes of an emancipated and plural humanity will have to bank on these two distinctive reflexive elements of the species


Creativity and Master Trends in Contemporary Sociological Theory
José Maurício Domingues European Journal of Social Theory 2000 3: 467
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