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| ===1.1 Topos: Rudiments and Immediate Resources=== | | ===1.1 Topos: Rudiments and Immediate Resources=== |
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| + | 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: | |
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− | Why am I asking this question?
| + | : ''How will I answer this question?'' |
− | How will I answer this question?
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− | 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: | |
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− | What accumulated funds and immediate series of experiences lead up
| + | : ''What accumulated funds and immediate series of experiences lead up to the moment of surprise that causes the asking of a question?'' |
− | to the moment of surprise that causes the asking of a question?
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− | What operational resources and planned sequences of actions lead on
| + | : ''What operational resources and planned sequences of actions lead on to the moment of solution that allows the ending of a problem?'' |
− | to the moment of solution that allows the ending of a problem?
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| Phrased in systematic terms, they ask yet again: | | Phrased in systematic terms, they ask yet again: |
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− | What capacity enables a system to exist in states of question?
| + | : ''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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| + | : ''What competence enables a system to exit from its problem states?'' |
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− | 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, |