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IDK, what does it mean?

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Negative capability describes the capacity of human beings to transcend and revise their contexts. The term has been used by poets and philosophers to describe the ability of the individual to perceive, think, and operate beyond any presupposition of a predetermined capacity of the human being. It further captures the rejection of the constraints of any context, and the ability to experience phenomena free from epistemological bounds, as well as to assert one's own will and individuality upon their activity. The term was first used by the Romantic poet John Keats to critique those who sought to categorize all experience and phenomena and turn them into a theory of knowledge. It has recently been appropriated by philosopher and social theorist Roberto Mangabeira Unger to comment on human nature and to explain how human beings innovate and resist within confining social contexts. The concept has also inspired psychoanalytic practices and twentieth-century art and literary criticism.


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I think it has something to do with literature . I only read half

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Situations wrote:
I think it has something to do with literature .

are you sure about that?


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Pretty sure that it's psychology.
you could try asking this guy: https://twitter.com/EskimauxRob
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the ability to look at things out of social meaning or science, they just are


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Just to help people to read it:
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Negative capability describes the capacity of human beings to transcend and revise their contexts.
The term has been used by poets and philosophers to describe the ability of the individual to perceive, think, and operate beyond any presupposition of a predetermined capacity of the human being.
It further captures the rejection of the constraints of any context, and the ability to experience phenomena free from epistemological bounds, as well as to assert one's own will and individuality upon their activity.
The term was first used by the Romantic poet John Keats to critique those who sought to categorize all experience and phenomena and turn them into a theory of knowledge.
It has recently been appropriated by philosopher and social theorist Roberto Mangabeira Unger to comment on human nature and to explain how human beings innovate and resist within confining social contexts.
The concept has also inspired psychoanalytic practices and twentieth-century art and literary criticism.

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pretty much what sayo said; to look at things plainly and evenhandedly

Metal Knight wrote:
Just to help people to read it:

what was the point in copying and pasting the same message

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135 wrote:
IDK, what does it mean?

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Negative capability describes the capacity of human beings to transcend and revise their contexts. The term has been used by poets and philosophers to describe the ability of the individual to perceive, think, and operate beyond any presupposition of a predetermined capacity of the human being. It further captures the rejection of the constraints of any context, and the ability to experience phenomena free from epistemological bounds, as well as to assert one's own will and individuality upon their activity. The term was first used by the Romantic poet John Keats to critique those who sought to categorize all experience and phenomena and turn them into a theory of knowledge. It has recently been appropriated by philosopher and social theorist Roberto Mangabeira Unger to comment on human nature and to explain how human beings innovate and resist within confining social contexts. The concept has also inspired psychoanalytic practices and twentieth-century art and literary criticism.


Yeah, to be honest, this basically just means to be extremely critical of everything irrespective of whatever cultural norms have been built in.

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thugwrench wrote:
pretty much what sayo said; to look at things plainly and evenhandedly

Metal Knight wrote:
Just to help people to read it:

what was the point in copying and pasting the same message

To separate the sentences.
Sorry about that.

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Metal Knight wrote:
thugwrench wrote:
pretty much what sayo said; to look at things plainly and evenhandedly

Metal Knight wrote:
Just to help people to read it:

what was the point in copying and pasting the same message

To separate the sentences.
Sorry about that.

???? why are you apologizing omfg it's not even a problem buddy
it just wasnt very hard to read the paragraph anyway

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Ok.
On-topic:
The passage sounds very psychology for me.

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Metal Knight wrote:
Ok.
On-topic:
The passage sounds very psychology for me.

he's asking what the excerpt means, not what it pertains to.

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Is the meaning important ? homework wise or what not

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135 wrote:
IDK, what does it mean?

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Negative capability describes the capacity of human beings to transcend and revise their contexts. The term has been used by poets and philosophers to describe the ability of the individual to perceive, think, and operate beyond any presupposition of a predetermined capacity of the human being. It further captures the rejection of the constraints of any context, and the ability to experience phenomena free from epistemological bounds, as well as to assert one's own will and individuality upon their activity. The term was first used by the Romantic poet John Keats to critique those who sought to categorize all experience and phenomena and turn them into a theory of knowledge. It has recently been appropriated by philosopher and social theorist Roberto Mangabeira Unger to comment on human nature and to explain how human beings innovate and resist within confining social contexts. The concept has also inspired psychoanalytic practices and twentieth-century art and literary criticism.


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Negative capability is the word for the ability that people possess to evolve and rethink their limits and circumstances.

The term has been used by poets and philosophers to describe the ability of a person to become aware, think, and function beyond any limit that the person may think holds them back.

The term also means to pass any other limits - and the ability to experience situations free from bounds drawn by knowledge theorists, as well as to force one's own will and individuality upon their own doings.

The term was first used by the Romantic poet John Keats to criticize those who sought to categorize all experiences and situations in order to turn them into a 'theory of knowledge'.

It has recently been used by philosopher and social theorist Roberto Mangabeira Unger to comment on human nature and to explain how people innovate and resist within less-than-ideal living situations.

The concept has also inspired practices by therapists and has found a place twentieth-century art and reviews of written material.

There ya go.

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Ah, thanks guys! It's clearer now :D


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