Feb 26 2013: It is important to realize that we first have to reflect on thinking, as an attempt to feel the boundary of the ballon - we are in - from the inside! First of all our thinking refers to different experiences, if you ask someone "Whar do you think about thos---?" some would give a feeling, some would give an emotion, some would give an idea, some would give a theory , some would quote Shakespeare. Thinking is a proces that embodies feeling, bodily processes (like neuro movements, muscle contraction, heart beat, sweating, hormons, stomach recation etc.) and so called mental processes. It is so connected to our neuro body that we are completely mislead by our acustomed Cartesian mind body models. As long as we use these mechanical concepts it is no use. People will say "I know that all" but instaneously think in res cogitans like ways. Our body is so involved in our thinking that the whole separation of mind and body is obsolete. Thoughts that we have in our system, are connecetd to our awardsystems that produces endorphines. Thoughts are like habits that want to be repeated. (see David Bohm)They reach that by their endorphine strategy. Most of the time you think you are thinking, you basically repeat thoughts (past tense of thinking) , while they give you the impression you actively think them!! Real thinking is done in good dialog not in discussion or debate , you can also learn to observe your thinking. Thirdly presumptions are essential in our live, We have to many possibilities to leave things open. Our image and knowledge of the world is based on presumptions. The point is that most of the time we do not investigate our presumptions. If i say that you have to live a life that makes you happy, then we have a lot of presumptions, which rest on presumption and so on. We will find out some core presumptions which we agree or disagree on, or which we like or dislike. Culture is the organisation of our innerworld, it consist of assumptions: lets dialog good ones!
Nov 21 2012: Well we want to start a Socratic learning hub, which combines all the celestial richness of e learning like coursera, with the strongest person based one to one method , the Socratic dialog. This dialog starts from concrete questions from the learner and proceeds in step by step collaborative intelligence, with practical philosophy as the "every-thought-could-be-a-step-towards-the-answer" background. So they will do in presence what is the best of human interaction: reflective conversation, art ( as The presence experience) and body intelligence( sports, yoga, health) and on line they will learn premium league! But we have to make a complete secondary coursera or a full pre university course. See also my tedxbarcelona talk about the Socratic learning hub. Anyway coursera is hallucinating good stuff !!!!
Mar 6 2012: Very strong apeal to correct our structures in eduaction and organisations in which the loud voice is dominant. It kills intelligence. But not all collective action is suspect. The Socratic dialog method creates a strict structure in which extrovert and introverts can meet, the method is so strong in facilitating open thinking that we should consider this method as the ideal one in making decisions. The introvert has all the time and silence in this structure he wants.
For schools I propose this method in TEDxBarcelona .
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For schools I propose this method in TEDxBarcelona .