Tales from the intuitive leap

   The intuitive leap does

   not fit well into the

   pattern of deductive,

   syllogistic thinking.

   Reformatting and close

   comparison decant a fam-

   iliar practice or tool

   from an established con-

   tainer; the stress in ..

   an intuitive leap is on

   if, not what if, instead

   of then.. The final, con-

   scious reckoning carries

   a burden .. rather than

   the clarifying finality

   of syllogistic conclusion.

Richard Sennett

The Craftsman

  Arousing Tools

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