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From: "Human Potential & Development."
Split Justification: Development fundamentally involves both our inner landscape (**Internal World**) and our interaction with everything outside us (**External World**). (Ref: Subject-Object Distinction)..
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From: "Internal World (The Self)"
Split Justification: The Internal World involves both mental processes (**Cognitive Sphere**) and physical experiences (**Somatic Sphere**). (Ref: Mind-Body Distinction)
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From: "Cognitive Sphere"
Split Justification: Cognition operates via deliberate, logical steps (**Analytical Processing**) and faster, intuitive pattern-matching (**Intuitive/Associative Processing**). (Ref: Dual Process Theory)
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From: "Analytical Processing"
Split Justification: Analytical thought engages distinct symbolic systems: abstract logic and mathematics (**Quantitative/Logical Reasoning**) versus structured language (**Linguistic/Verbal Reasoning**).
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From: "Linguistic/Verbal Reasoning"
Split Justification: This dichotomy separates the receptive aspects of linguistic reasoning, involving the understanding and interpretation of spoken or written language, from the expressive aspects, which involve the formulation and production of spoken or written language. These are distinct, fundamental processes that together encompass all facets of verbal reasoning.
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From: "Verbal Expression"
Split Justification: This dichotomy separates the construction of logically sound arguments (Structuring an Argument) from the use of stylistic and persuasive language to influence an audience (Rhetorical Technique).
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From: "Rhetorical Technique"
Split Justification: This split distinguishes rhetorical techniques that primarily appeal to reason and clarity (such as explanatory analogies) from those that appeal to emotion, character, and authority (such as ethos and pathos).
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From: "Using an Explanatory Analogy"
Split Justification: Explanatory analogies fundamentally clarify by comparing either the static arrangement and relationships of components (structure) or the dynamic operation, purpose, and sequence of actions (function or process). These two categories are distinct in what aspect of the concept they primarily illuminate through comparison.
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From: "Analogies for Explaining Structure"
Split Justification: This split differentiates between structures that are tangible, physical, and perceptible by the senses (concrete) versus those that are conceptual, systemic, or exist as ideas and relationships (abstract). This fundamental distinction governs the nature of the structure being explained by the analogy.
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From: "Analogies for Explaining Abstract Structures"
Split Justification: This dichotomy differentiates analogies based on whether the abstract structure being explained is primarily conceptualized as a stable, unchanging arrangement of components (fixed) or as a dynamic system involving processes, transformations, or development over time (evolving). This provides a comprehensive and mutually exclusive split for explaining all types of abstract structures.
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From: "Analogies for Fixed Abstract Structures"
Split Justification: This dichotomy distinguishes between analogies that explain the static arrangement and interconnections of components (relational) versus those that describe the fixed, ordered progression of steps or states (sequential) within an abstract structure.
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From: "Analogies for Sequential Structures"
Split Justification: This dichotomy distinguishes between sequential structures composed of clearly defined, separate steps or stages (discrete) and those characterized by a smooth, gradual, or flowing progression without distinct breaks (continuous). This provides a fundamental way to categorize how fixed sequential structures are conceptualized and explained through analogy.
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Topic: "Analogies for Continuous Sequential Structures" (W7479)