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Jonathan Swift: A book review by Bob Morris

August 29, 2017

Jonathan Swift: The Reluctant Rebel John Stubbs W.W. Norton (February 2017) A “reluctant rebel” who was “large,” who “contained multitudes” There is no shortage of biographical material about Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) so for most people, what Robert DeMaria, Jr. provides…

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Metaskills: A book review by Bob Morris

December 22, 2012

Metaskills: Five Talents for the Robotic Age Marty Neumeier New Riders (2012) How and why metacognition (highly-developed “knowing about knowing”) requires mastery of metaskills J. H. Flavell was probably the first to use the term metacognition when suggesting that it…

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