First of all, let me define an Ontological Instrument:
An Ontological Instrument is any device or system which determines our
perspective on the world; the telescope is one example, education
another.
Education is the use of the collective wisdom of the past. Such an
instrument is the same as designing a car in such a manner that the
steering wheel, driver's seat and dials face out the back window.
There is an old Irish joke; from the day's when the hearth, with turf
fire, was the centre of the house and where the old couple lived. The
woman of the house was slagged for rushing back and forth to poke the
fire.
=93Well=94 she said, =93if I take my eye off one, the other goes out=94
Donal
PS. For the savvy; the man of the house is sensitivity for person and
the turf fire is the task. Gordon Brown is not a fit person for PM at
this time.
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