Is it the same thing which Marvin Minsky calls a “suitcase word”?
Something like, although de Bono sees them more positively as tools for thought, that let you talk about something when you don’t know what it is, and avoid premature commitment to explanations. Minsky is talking about what happens when they are mistaken for explanations.
Something like, although de Bono sees them more positively as tools for thought, that let you talk about something when you don’t know what it is, and avoid premature commitment to explanations. Minsky is talking about what happens when they are mistaken for explanations.