What Does It Mean to Know?

Who we are is revealed not only through what we say about ourselves, but through how we act. Oets Kolk Bouwsma once wrote that a person’s life shows what that person truly thinks of themselves. He made a similar observation about Socrates, noting that Socrates both spoke highly and acted highly, while others spoke highlyContinue reading “What Does It Mean to Know?”

The Logic of Failure

How can we better prepare people to solve complex and ill-structured problems when information is incomplete, conditions are changing, and no single solution is clearly correct? Helping people solve complex and ill-structured problems requires more than giving them a fixed procedure. These problems often involve incomplete information, changing conditions, competing goals, and variables that influenceContinue reading “The Logic of Failure”