jerry, chuck,
the distinction between tame and wicked is a distinction horst rittel made in language -- not in cognition.
it is defined and elaborated in writing that reflects a substantial amount of experiences of planning and decision making especially in the public domain where multiple stakeholders make competing claims, have conflicting preferences for solutions, etc. and rational problem solving just doesn't work
language, writing, socially shared phenomena are not reducible to individual cognition or mere tools thereof -- which is not to say that individual understanding is critical, but it is always only a part of it.
if everything would be reduced to cognition, we would live in the stone age
klaus
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Chuck, Klaus, et al,
Aren't concepts, such as wickedness, just mental tools for cognition?
Best,
Jerry
On 4/23/07 6:29 AM, "Charles Burnette" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Klaus,
>
> Social phenomena must eventually be addressed by the thoughts of the
> individuals concerned. They don't develop beliefs, needs or desires
> otherwise. Difficult social problems where individual views have
> hardened into "cultural artifacts" usually require outside mediation -
> that is to say fair minded social "designers" of which there is a
> paucity in the world today.
>
> Everything is reducible to individual cognition if it is to have
> meaning and be understood. Cognition is a mediating process not an object.
>
> Best regards,
> Chuck
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