Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 14, No. 744.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 06:51:24 +0000
From: Randall Pierce <rpierce@jsucc.jsu.edu>
Subject: Bloom
I'm not sure, but I think it was Buckminster Fuller who said, "The more
you know, the more you know." I'm sure that the inestimable Mr. Fuller
would be delighted by the hyper-text endeavors of the Humanist network.
As a matter of fact, he in some ways anticipated it. The accumulation of
knowledge is, in and of itself, an admirable goal. We have just
scratched the surface in the benefits that the mass of date will provide
present and future investigators. BUT-- The ultimate goal is the
creation of new concepts, not just the assimilation of known ones. There
are new insights possible in every field. That leads to the subject of
Bloom: not Harold Bloom of vast literary accomplishments, but Benjamin
Bloom the educational psychologist. His Bloom's Taxonomy could provide
an end goal for the art of hyper-text technology. So far, we are
dependent on the human mind for the skills of analysis, synthesis and
evaluation. I am hoping for the creation of a cybernetic aid to this
higher cognitive skills. Perhaps the concept of cross-cultural and
cross-language exchanges promises progress in the creation of new
concepts and insights. I would like to hear more. From my my historical
researches into comparative cultural studies, I am aware that certain
concepts common to some cultures are alien or even antagonistic to
others. Randall
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