Study series / Course in development
The Means of English
An autodidactic course in the practices of reading, formulation, conceptual distinction, and theoretical work.
Lessons will be released in parts as the work develops. The sequence and emphasis may change.
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A Weapon in Untrained Hands
The introduction explains why the course is being undertaken and outlines what it is intended to cover.
Part 1 / Projected
Learning the instruments
Subjects and predicates, active and passive constructions, relational phrases, quantifiers, negation, and modality.
Part 2 / Projected
Practicing judgment
Definitions and explanations, causal claims, evidence, hidden premises, and the limits of analogy.
Part 3 / Projected
Reconstructing the sex contradiction
Bringing the conceptual instruments together to examine the relations the research seeks to explain.
Part 4 / Projected
Preparing the research
Identifying the evidence competing explanations require and the findings that would demand revision.
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