Similarities, Connections, and Systems
Author: Niraj Verma
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9780739100004
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this groundbreaking work, Niraj Verma goes beyond the criticism of rationality to present a bold alternative model of inquiry--a new rationality for the professions. Inspired by the work of pragmatist William Jones, Verma proposes a methodology that fuses the rational and the irrational to offer professionals an approach to inquiry that more completely examines the factors that impact the planning process in a practical, systematic way. The new rationlity is systemic and so values similarities more that differences, connectivity more that fungibility, and purposes and ends more that causes and mechanisms.