JOURNAL ARTICLE

MAGRITTE'S TREE THROUGH CONDILLAC'S WINDOW: MAKING SENSE DURING RESEARCH.

  • Published In: ETC: A Review of General Semantics, 2024, v. 81, n. 3. P. 317 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: ACKLAND, ROBERT T. 3 of 3

Abstract

Nearly two centuries before René Magrittepainted a tree seen through a window on the canvas of la Condition humaine, an Enlightenment philosopher named Condillac introduced a pedagogical technique in which a student looks out a window, briefly, and generates words to describe the landscape. We make sense of the world through research. Researchers depict what they encounter in order to communicate their findings. Korzybski might call this "time binding," the feature that is uniquely human. We use symbols and images to develop our knowledge. Works of art can draw our attention to five key aspects of the research process: the depiction, the view, the context, the researched, and the researcher. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:ETC: A Review of General Semantics. 2024/07, Vol. 81, Issue 3, p317
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:0014-164X
  • Accession Number:184367088
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