SSH 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1 : Three Steps, Binary Opposition
15 Sep 2016
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Truth applied to modern essay writers: careful observation is the key to communicating clearly. Generalized judgments are the habits of the mind which come to most of us most readily: we notice and remember less, we go for the quick impression and dismiss the rest. Fundamental principle of chapter: become a better observer and thinker: do not draw conclusions before you"ve openly attending to the data, let yourself notice more. Dogfish problem : a writer trying to start with a thesis before looking more openly at the data. Start with what do i think? or what do i notice? . We go for rapidly acquire impressions then relax our attention. Problems with convincing ourselves we have answers is that we prevent ourselves from seeing the questions. Notice and focus: (broad notes and elaborations in notebook) People tend to generalize and rapidly move away from what they are looking at. Repeatedly answer what do you notice? : cite actual details.
