I think it is so funny how we don't question things enough. If a Doctor or a Lawyer say their opinion we take it to heart like they have a certain set and stone certainty. Do we forget they are humans too that make mistakes too? Chapter three of Language In Thought and Action has brought the following terms to my To-Think-About List:
I like to think of this as if I was an FBI agent, you question everything. Ask Why? How do you know? Where in the text does it say that? Oh, is that so? but you always have to remember to keep a serious mysterious poker face. It's no fun if you forget. I want to try this the next time I go visit the Doctors. Like Mrs.Fassbender, my English Teacher said, she always like to read an article ahead and catch people by surprise when they make judgements by saying "Really? Where in the text did you find that?" Of course, using positive supposition.
Inferences are statements or creating guesses about something unknown from your observations or what you know.
I know, that sounds a little weird but it's not really when you think about it. It's kind of like a hypothesis in a Science Lab, you make an educated guess as to what will happen in the experiment. You made a statement about what you didn't know, the outcome of the experiment, based on what you knew, your background information. Turns out humans do this a lot. We infer things everyday, when we are reading, talking, or simply listening and this could affect many things like your understanding and efficiency of communication. If you infer something wrong about something, you wont be able to understand it completely. If you infer something wrong during a conversation, the efficiency of communicating is harmed.
Judgement is an expression of the speaker's approval or disapproval of the occurrences persons, or object the speaker is describing. Boy, is this something to be careful with. Language can be interpreted and communicated in many ways and that makes it easy for people to make inferences that lead to judgement. Saying someone lied, for example, would be a judgement. You don't know if the person knew the truth or not, so you inferred they did. Be careful since they can stop thought and knowledge. You don't want that.
Slanting is picking certain facts that hide a judgement. Be careful not to mix this with reports. Even though they state facts, they only state facts that benefit their purpose. Politics contains a TON. Here's a game, try to find them all on the next debate.
P.S I rhymed.
Jose.
- Verifiability.
I like to think of this as if I was an FBI agent, you question everything. Ask Why? How do you know? Where in the text does it say that? Oh, is that so? but you always have to remember to keep a serious mysterious poker face. It's no fun if you forget. I want to try this the next time I go visit the Doctors. Like Mrs.Fassbender, my English Teacher said, she always like to read an article ahead and catch people by surprise when they make judgements by saying "Really? Where in the text did you find that?" Of course, using positive supposition.
- Inferences
Inferences are statements or creating guesses about something unknown from your observations or what you know.
I know, that sounds a little weird but it's not really when you think about it. It's kind of like a hypothesis in a Science Lab, you make an educated guess as to what will happen in the experiment. You made a statement about what you didn't know, the outcome of the experiment, based on what you knew, your background information. Turns out humans do this a lot. We infer things everyday, when we are reading, talking, or simply listening and this could affect many things like your understanding and efficiency of communication. If you infer something wrong about something, you wont be able to understand it completely. If you infer something wrong during a conversation, the efficiency of communicating is harmed.
- Judgement
Judgement is an expression of the speaker's approval or disapproval of the occurrences persons, or object the speaker is describing. Boy, is this something to be careful with. Language can be interpreted and communicated in many ways and that makes it easy for people to make inferences that lead to judgement. Saying someone lied, for example, would be a judgement. You don't know if the person knew the truth or not, so you inferred they did. Be careful since they can stop thought and knowledge. You don't want that.
- Slanting
Slanting is picking certain facts that hide a judgement. Be careful not to mix this with reports. Even though they state facts, they only state facts that benefit their purpose. Politics contains a TON. Here's a game, try to find them all on the next debate.
P.S I rhymed.
Jose.
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