Cognition

Mein Weltanschauung

Although a few of my previous posts have hinted at this subject I think that now that I have got the initial burst of activity on the blog out of the way it is time to make a clearer statement of where my thoughts are coming from and, therefore, put some context on to the content of the blog.

Of course, in keeping with the overall theme of the blog I should stress that this is work in progress and “feeding my ignorance” remains the main aim – trying to identify the context for this is important, but it does not mean that the context is fixed.  As my learning increases, so the context may shift.

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Know Your Enemy (especially when its your friend)

A few of these initial blog posts have been centred around the subject of how we relate to others, the importance of understanding our worldview and the difficulties (and surprises) inherent in interpreting the world view of others.  What I had struggled with a little was finding a good, relevant (and real) example of me misjudging the reactions of someone else – and then I remembered a previous post on my company intranet blog.

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Understanding Others

I have an amateur interest in psychology – in particular cognitive psychology – and understanding the way we ‘work’.  This is, of course, not unrelated to the problem faced by anyone having to design/produce/specify any system that is to be used by others – so it is very relevant to my day-to-day existence.  Of course it is one thing to know the theory and quite another to put it into practice!

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Inspirational Writing

There is no doubt that if this blog goes the same way as the one that I have previously published privately then a significant number of the posts will result from the discovery of a really apt quote or article that resonates with my own views.  This post is one such and is inspired by words from Viktor Frankl.

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