English 2092F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Albus Dumbledore, Magical Objects In Harry Potter, Muggle
21 Jul 2016
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Calculations calculates volume of room: mathmatician; not poet. Collects facts out in the field again uses sharp physical senses and gadgets. Important for holmes is the order collects facts then forms theories: starts with empirical evidence gathering, then interprets evidence (sometimes with an intuitive leap) Because he goes out and gets facts before theorizing, he goes in with biases that he doesn"t even realize. Theorizes then goes into field and collects data. Knows exactly what he"s looking for when he goes to apartment. Deathly hallows harry finds three horcruxes. Intuition is really shown when he sees the doe patronus he just knows that it isn"t going to hurt him and he responds at an instinctive level. Harry might be too intuitive and hermione is too much the mathematician so they balance each other out. Focuses on the anxieties we have about knowledge. Calling into question the things we normally rely on to know about ourselves and the world around us.
