Stuart Patience
Literacy and education; teacher training; building effective organisations. Norwich, UK - Jakarta, Indonesia| Driverless Crocodile
In The Heretical Imperative [Peter Berger] has argued that the distinctive feature of this [‘modern’, Western] culture is that there is no generally acknowledged “plausibility structure,” acceptance of which is normally taken for granted without argument, and dissent from which is regarded as heresy, that is, according to the original meaning of hairesis—choosing for oneself,… Read More »| Driverless Crocodile
Hannah Arendt on science, language, politics and our future machine overlords| Driverless Crocodile
Lesslie Newbigin and Michael Polanyi on objectivity, personal knowledge, nihilism and tradition| Driverless Crocodile
Lesslie Newbigin and Michael Polanyi on objectivity, personal knowledge, nihilism and tradition| Driverless Crocodile
Lesslie Newbigin and Michael Polanyi on objectivity, personal knowledge, nihilism and tradition| Driverless Crocodile
Newbigin was a sharp but affectionate observer of Western culture, a highly educated insider with an extra layer of perspective that came from almost 40… Read More »Lesslie Newbigin and Michael Polanyi on objectivity, personal knowledge, nihilism and tradition| Driverless Crocodile
Lesslie Newbigin lived and worked in South India from 1936 to 1974, and originally wrote this in Tamil. Wherever and whenever we look at man, we find that he is full of self-contradiction. He is divided against himself, and he is divided against his environment. He is not at peace in himself, and he is… Read More »| Driverless Crocodile
Literacy and education; teacher training; building effective organisations. Norwich, UK - Jakarta, Indonesia| Driverless Crocodile
Newbigin was a sharp but affectionate observer of Western culture, a highly educated insider with an extra layer of perspective that came from almost 40 years lived in India from 1936 to 1974. Soviet leaders regarded science simply as a necessary tool for the implementation of their social planning. The idea that pure science should… Read More »| Driverless Crocodile
