Class Processes in Knowledge Acquisition

Curricular unit that aims to introduce a procedural perspective in the observation, understanding and development of project exercises, in the field of material culture.

1. Theoretical perspective: process - centrifuge / centripetal, convergence, singularity,

aggregation / dispersion

2. Polarity Notion in the context of valence and tension of two opposing elements (e.g. Euphoric / Dysphonic, Synchrony / Diachronic, Action / Inaction, Polycromy / Monochromy)

3. Transformation and Transition Processes in the scope of a change or modification that gives rise to a new form (e.g. Metamorphosis and Path)

4. Transitional relations within elements sets that follow in logical sequence.

5. Positive and Negative Correlations, in which the increase of one variable implies the increase of the other, versus the increase of one variable implies the decrease of the other.

6. Heuristics: of anchorage, availability, representativeness, and simulation.

7. Progressive and Inverse Probabilities, in the framework of image and product (construction and deconstruction / prospective and retrospective)

8. Relationship Conditions: Absent, Necessary and Sufficient

The exposed contents, the exercises, as well as the results obtained, result from methodologies oriented towards mastering the "Creative Cycle" concept, that the processes offer, and which boils down to a cycle of four creative moments, translated into ability to identify relevant texts, the ability to extract and formulate abstractions, the ability to observe and reflect on objective realities through abstractions, and finally the ability to complete the cycle, creating new "objects".

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2. Ferguson, N., (2018), A Praça e a Torre - Redes, Hierarquias e a Luta pelo Poder Global, Lisboa: Temas e Debates

3. Cheng, E., (2020), A Arte da Lógica num Mundo Ilógico - Como dar sentido a um mundo que não o tem, Lisboa: Temas e Debates

4. Johnson, S., (2011), As ideias que mudaram o mundo, Lisboa: Clube do Autor

5. Harford, T., (2020), O que os números escondem, Lisboa: Objectiva