[escepticos] Consejo de Daniel Dennet: Respeta a tu oponente

[jm]

Interesantísimo, oye. He aprendido un montón de cosas y estoy muy de
acuerdo contigo.

¿Desde cuándo te dedicas a la autoayuda, a todo esto? X-DDDD

Saludos

JM



2013/5/20 Pedro J. Hdez <phergont en gmail.com>:
> RESPECT YOUR OPPONENT
>
> Just how charitable are you supposed to be when criticising the views of an
> opponent? If there are obvious contradictions in the opponent's case, then
> you should point them out, forcefully. If there are somewhat hidden
> contradictions, you should carefully expose them to view – and then dump on
> them. But the search for hidden contradictions often crosses the line into
> nitpicking, sea-lawyering and outright parody. The thrill of the chase and
> the conviction that your opponent has to be harbouring a confusion
> somewhere encourages uncharitable interpretation, which gives you an easy
> target to attack.
>
> But such easy targets are typically irrelevant to the real issues at stake
> and simply waste everybody's time and patience, even if they give amusement
> to your supporters. The best antidote I know for this tendency to
> caricature one's opponent is a list of rules promulgated many years ago by
> social psychologist and game theorist Anatol Rapoport.
>
> How to compose a successful critical commentary:
>
> 1. Attempt to re-express your target's position so clearly, vividly and
> fairly that your target says: "Thanks, I wish I'd thought of putting it
> that way."
>
> 2. List any points of agreement (especially if they are not matters of
> general or widespread agreement).
>
> 3. Mention anything you have learned from your target.
>
> 4. Only then are you permitted to say so much as a word of rebuttal or
> criticism.
>
> One immediate effect of following these rules is that your targets will be
> a receptive audience for your criticism: you have already shown that you
> understand their positions as well as they do, and have demonstrated good
> judgment (you agree with them on some important matters and have even been
> persuaded by something they said). Following Rapoport's rules is always,
> for me, something of a struggle…
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/may/19/daniel-dennett-intuition-pumps-thinking-extract
>
>
> --
> Pedro J. Hernández
> http://gplus.to/pedroj
>
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