A WAY OF IMPROVING YOUR OBSERVATION.

THE ANALYTICAL PROCESS:

(NOTE: remember that in order to "see" both an Object O and its Parts/Properties you need an adequate THEORY)

• identification of the WHOLE (X vs. what is not X)
  
• identification of the PARTS of X (smaller units)
  
• identification of the RELATIONSHIPS (among the parts of X)

We can have two different kinds of ANALYSIS:

• DIALECTIC
  
• COMPARATIVE
  

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DIALECTIC ANALYSIS:

• identify OBJECT O

• identify PARTS [Pi] of O (or SUB-PROPERTIES)
  
  O={P1, P2,P3,...Pn}

  find RELATIONS describing how parts of O are connected to one another:

  R= {R1-2,R1-3,...,R1- n,R2-1,....}

• identify two OBJECTS: O1, O2

• compare O1 and O2 and produce SIMILARITIES and DIFFERENCES:
  • find SUB-PROPERTIES of O1 and O2 (cf. dialectic analysis)
    
    O1={P1,P2,...,Pi}
    
    O2={K1,K2,....,Kj}

    question: is Pi=Kj? By answering this question we obtain 3 sets of parts/properties:
    

    • S1= parts/properties only belonging to O1
      
    • S2= parts/properties only belonging to O2
      
    • S3= parts/properties belonging to both O1 and O2

    S3 will show the SIMILARITIES

    S1-S2 will show the DIFFERENCES