Tom Woods wrote:-
:This talk about "teaching" abstraction makes me feel like I come from
:another planet or something. I really am unclear on what you mean.
:To me abstraction is what we do. It's like breathing. (snip)
Brian said that I was confusing the concept of abstraction with the learning
style of the Planner (as compared with the Bricoleur). Substitute the word
Planning for abstraction in my quote above, do you still feel confused?
Your post has thrown me rather, Tom. I suppose this is an instance of the
idiosyncacy of our learning that the word abstraction can be seen in two very
different ways. Your way makes sense to me too -- perception as an act of
abstraction -- but the whole context seems so different to the way I was
thinking about it.
Here's a simple example. If you are painting a picture you could either:
a) plan the whole thing in your mind first and then implement it.
b) do it a stroke at a time, step back, see how you like it, another stroke
etc.
a) is the Planner style, (b) is the Bricoleur style (idealised). (a) involves
more abstraction but (b) is just as effective. Both styles are legitimate.
At any rate I will do some more reading (this time its Dennett, Consciousness
Explained) and try to post again.
-- Bill
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