I’ve found the work fairly hard going, but my half-assed literature review is starting to pay off and pieces are falling into place. I may have some new insights to add to the existing literature on “awe” and related topics. A good review & theorization: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/dacherkeltner/docs/keltner.haidt.awe.2003.pdf …
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Replying to @Meaningness
Reflecting: critics often disparage this kind of theorization. They'll complain it's reductionist & reduces the felt experience I don't think they're entirely wrong to worry But everyone I know who has done awe-inspiring work (a) does this kind of analytic study; and...
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Hmm. Maybe not _exactly_ that kind of analytic study! But I've found that when I talk with, say, great artists who are self-avowedly very intuitive in how they work, they've still got thousands of striking opinions that suggest they have a very developed theory!
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"Oh, I write entirely intuitively". "Why did you put the noun there in that sentence?" "[Detailed, striking, specific explanation]" (TBC: this is a made up conversation. But I've had a few where this captures the essence pretty well!)
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I’m pretty hostile to the word “intuition”. It mostly functions to stop inquiry.
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I suspect that's often its purpose. And, sometimes, it's a noble purpose!
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I was jotting down notes this morning. I used the word “intuition” - but, I’m unsure of a better word? In terms of being a stopper - I suspect because it’s difficulty to talk about: To ourselves and especially to others.pic.twitter.com/oJ4YtaAsH3
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fwiw, I think it is best to express this negatively; something like “we often come to knowledge and understanding by means we do not understand.” It may be wordy, but it avoids reifying “the processes we don’t understand”
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Well, yes, these are among the ways of understanding that we don’t much understand.
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