Theory
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For this week’s reading reflection, I read Surfing Uncertainty by Andy Clark, a Professor of Philosophy at University of Edinburgh. I was first introduced to Clark’s work in 2018 when I had the pleasure to attend the HowtheLightGetsIn festival at Hay on Wye with Dave Snowden and the rest of the Cognitive Edge and Cynefin Centre crew.
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This week’s reading was Coherence in Thought and Action by Paul Thagard. I chose to read this book because it provides insight into a “naturalized epistemology” and sensemaking that will ground my work with SenseMaker and conflict resolution. Naturalized epistemology means that our ‘ways of knowing’ are limited by how our brains and bodies function. By taking
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“Conflict work is public service. The reward is to do it well.”
Keil Eggers, PhD 