Charles Brown wrote, responding to Yoshie:
>I don't think it's a matter of whether "uncertainty" &
>"self-questioning" are good things. The point is that we are
>basically incapable of self-criticism.
>
>__________
>
>CB: We are dependent upon others for criticism. This is one of the
>"advantages" of the human individual being a social individual.
>Through this socialality, we have some of the power of seeing
>ourselves as others see us, including criticizing us, seeing our
>blinds spots.
The more I think about this, the more I wonder: if we are basically
incapable of self-criticism, does that counsel extreme certainty or
extreme uncertainty? If I thought I had no way of evaluating the
wisdom or accuracy of what I think and feel, then it might make me
even more tentative in my thoughts and feelings than if I thought I
had some capacity for self-criticism. Why foist something on the
world if you don't have the slightest idea if it's fully baked or not?
Doug
