meaning, significance
Comprehension:
An early focus has been the comprehension of relationships ( Relationship
Between Elements of Knowledge: use of computer systems to facilitate construction,
comprehension and comparison of the concept thesauri of different schools of thought
,
1971 *; Preliminary Notes on the Mathematical Analysis of Networks of Psychosocial
Entities in Order to Facilitate their Comprehension
, 1975 *), notably in sets (
Representation,
Comprehension and Communication of Sets: the Role of Number
, 1978; Distinguishing
Levels of Declarations of Principles
, 1980). The variety of forms of comprehension
(
Dimensions of Comprehension Diversity
, 1986) and the nature of future comprehension have
also been a concern (
The Future of Comprehension: conceptual birdcages and functional
basket-weaving
, 1980; Minding the Future: a thought experiment on presenting new
information
, 1980; Comprehension of Appropriateness
, 1986), especially beyond current
constraints (
Beyond Edge-bound Comprehension and Modal Impotence: combining q- holes
through a pattern language
, 1981; Threshold of Comprehensibility: a fourfold minimal
system?
, 1983; Development of Comprehension and Comprehension of Development
, 1983;
Forms of Presentation and the Future of Comprehension
, 1984; Discovering richer patterns
of comprehension to reframe polarization
, 1998). A particular concrn has been its implication
for viable organization (
1983
), integration (
1991
, 1995
), social order (
1994
) -- also for policy-
making (
1994
), values (
1991
), and problems (
1999
). Some of these issues have been explored
from an aesthetic perspective (see below
).
paradox, incommensurability,
ignorance, questions
Incomprehension:
Given concerns regarding lack of comprehension, one interest has been in
the nature of ignorance and incomprehension and how to work with its various manifestations,
including incopmmensurability (Reordering Networks of Incommensurable
Concepts in
Phased Cycles
, 1988; 1995
), the undefinable (
Ordering the Undefinable: Identifying
meaningful patterns of world problems
, 1989), the art of disagreement (
1986
; Using
Disagreements for Superordinate Frame Configuration
, 1992; and as noted above
), and the
process of schism formation (
2001
). Incomprehension was explored in a series of gatherings (
The
International School of Ignorance ?: an ongoing experiment in online dialogue meeting
design
, 1996). In that light, incomprehension has also been explored in terms of paradox
(
Antagonistic Dualities: Polarization and Paradox
, 1983; Paradoxical merit of negative
strategies
, 1985; Aesthetic paradox of unitary comprehension
, 1995; Dancing through
Interfaces and Paradoxes: group alchemy
, 1997; Evoking Authenticity: through polyhedral
global configuration of local paradoxes
, 2003). A different approach that has been taken is
through questions (
Checklist of Nasty Questions: regarding development analyses and
initiatives
, 1981; 1993
; 1995
; Questions to which Many deserve Answers
, 2000), notably in
relation to the response to terrorism (
911+ Questions in Seeking UnCommon Ground and
protecting the Middle Way
, 2001).
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1. Metaphor
