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− Why am I asking this question?+ How will I answer this question?
− What accumulated funds and immediate series of experiences lead up+ to the moment of surprise that causes the asking of a question?
− What operational resources and planned sequences of actions lead on+ to the moment of solution that allows the ending of a problem?
What capacity enables a system to exist in states of question?+ What competence enables a system to exit from its problem states?+
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===1.1 Topos: Rudiments and Immediate Resources===
===1.1 Topos: Rudiments and Immediate Resources===
−This inquiry is guided by two questions that express themselves in many different guises. In their most laconic and provocative style, self-referent but not purely so, they typically bring a person to ask:
−This inquiry is guided by two questions that express themselves in
+many different guises. In their most laconic and provocative style,
+: ''Why am I asking this question?''
−self-referent but not purely so, they typically bring a person to ask:
−: ''How will I answer this question?''
−Cast in with a pool of other questions these two often act as efficient
+Cast in with a pool of other questions these two often act as efficient catalysts of the inquiry process, precipitating and organizing what results. Expanded into general terms these queries become tantamount to asking:
−catalysts of the inquiry process, precipitating and organizing what results.
−Expanded into general terms these queries become tantamount to asking:
−: ''What accumulated funds and immediate series of experiences lead up to the moment of surprise that causes the asking of a question?''
−: ''What operational resources and planned sequences of actions lead on to the moment of solution that allows the ending of a problem?''
−Phrased in systematic terms, they ask yet again:
Phrased in systematic terms, they ask yet again:
−: ''What capacity enables a system to exist in states of question?''
−: ''What competence enables a system to exit from its problem states?''
−1.1.1 Systematic Inquiry
+====1.1.1 Systematic Inquiry====
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In their underlying form and tone these questions sound a familiar tune.
In their underlying form and tone these questions sound a familiar tune.
Their basic tenor was brought to a pitch of perfection by Immanuel Kant,
Their basic tenor was brought to a pitch of perfection by Immanuel Kant,
