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Subject:

Re: Phronesis, Judgment, Wisdom

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Charles Burnette <[log in to unmask]>

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Charles Burnette <[log in to unmask]>

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Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:45:27 -0400

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Dear Ken, Harold, Erik, Terry Everyone.

Summer is wonderful because it takes you away when
things get challenging.

Harold said and I agree
"I suspect that judgment and decision-making are
distinct processes and that one is not
a subset of the other. But I also believe they are
quite interrelated
systemically."

I understand judgment to be a function of Evaluative
thinking which contributes to decision making, but is
not entirely responsible for it. With Terry, I believe
that feelings underpin intent, and, further, that
decision making is focused and managed through intent.
Judgment, in my view, is an intentional dictate (i.e.
the application of intentional criteria ) and is
informed by prior experience (through reflective
thinking a la Schon and Argyris - which incorporates
social and cultural conditioning through an
autobiographical self a la Damasio). One can not apply
judgment without a situation or some intent regarding
it and cannot do so effectively without feeling about
and interpreting the situation in light of prior
experience (i.e., whatever knowledge and background is
thought to be relevant.)

Re Cameron's post: I would argue that aesthetic
judgment is quite different from and not causally
related to ethical judgment (although one may
experience aesthetic pleasure in response to an
ethically perceived situation). Aesthetic judgment is
much more situated, immediate and felt. Ethical
judgment is much more acquired, and referential across
different situations. I think they are keyed to
different modes of thinking, the one formative the
other reflective. It would take a longer post to
explain why but I think other kinds of judgment are
keyed to modes of thinking too (i.e. judgment of
success is keyed to intent, etc.)

Ken Re: Langer and Sternberg. I believe that Langer
doesn't really get to the structure of mindfulness to
the same degree that Dan Schacter does in the Seven
Sins of Memory or that Roger Schank does in his
Dynamic Memory Revisited or Engines for
Education(although I haven't read all of Langer's
work.) I sometimes feel that Sternberg is too much
focused on trying to write a popular "how to" book
without really penetrating the problems he is trying
to address -  his Thinking styles seem to much like
"just so" stories and demolishing IQ measurement isn't
what it is about anymore. But then both authors say a
lot of wise and useful things.

Schacter, D. L.2001: The seven Sins of Memory: How the
Mind Forgets and Remembers, Houghton Mifflin,NJ
Schank, R.C. 1999 Dynamic Memory Revisited, Cambridge
University Press
Schank, R.C. and Cleary C. 1995, Engines for
Education, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Hillsdale, NJ
Sternberg, R.J,1997: Successful Intelligence: How
practical and creative intelligence determine success
in life.
Robert J. Sternberg,1997:Thinking Styles, Cambridge
University Press
Langer,Ellen J.1997 The Power of Mindful Learning,
Addison Wesley, NY

Dr. Charles Burnette
234 South Third Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Tel: +215 629 1387
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-----Original Message-----
From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhDs
in Design
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Ken
Friedman
Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 12:06 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Phronesis, Judgment, Wisdom


Dear Chuck,

Thank you for a fine post.

These issues bring in the relevance of judgment. The
discourse of
phronesis that goes back to Aristotle's Nichomachean
Ethics appears
again in the professional context of described by
Donald Schon and
Chris Argyris under the headings of reflective
practice and
organizational learning. In a larger context, this can
be framed in
the concept of mindfulness in Ellen Langer's work, or
Robert
Sternberg's work on judgment.

Yours,

Ken

--

Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
Department of Leadership and Organization
Norwegian School of Management

Visiting Professor
Advanced Research Institute
School of Art and Design
Staffordshire University

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