Descartes Y Pensamiento Lateral

II. 'DESCARTES' METHOD REVIVED BY EDWARD DE BONO, OR HOW TO IMPROVE
THE PRACTICAL EFFICIENCY OF OUR MINDS' BY PENCKA GANCHEVA

Introduction

Everyone knows Rene Descartes, the great philosopher and founder of
the Rational thinking in XVII century. Then a few ages later, Edwardde Bono, defined as a contemporary thinker, looked at Descartes'
ideas and formulated his own 'techniques for lateral thinking',
making them available for the wider public: governments,
universities, schools, and corporations.

Lateral or non-linear, creative thinking is a gift for the world. Theidea of improving the way we think was examined by Rene Descartes in
his Discourse on Method:

'The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest
excellences, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations;
and those who travel very lowly may yet make far greater
progress,provided they keep always to the straight road,
than those who, while they run, forsake it.'

The basic concepts which Descartes used in applying his method were
clearness and distinctness of conception, good memory and thought,
all together leading to the perfection of the mind and the senses;gaining knowledge little by little, applying it and certainly
approaching the highest level of which the mind is capable.

The term lateral thinking is already approved and included in
authoritative dictionaries like Oxford dictionary. It is defined as
'the solution of problems using indirect and creativeapproaches'.
Lateral thinking is an approach for creative thinking by means of a
step-by-step process, based on consciously used practical techniques.
De Bono thinks that intelligence is a potential while the thinking is
the skill that allows this potential to develop. In general, lateral
thinking involves perceptionand logic as well. He compares the
intelligence to a well focused camera, while the wisdom is the lenses
inside it. Lateral thinking is a dialogue of the soul and itself. The
focus onto the thinking makes the senses sharper and more alert, and
lateral thinking is one of the best ways to do this.This special thinking is not a privilege of selected people, it is
for everyone. Naturally all people seek knowledge; their happiness
after find out what they have searched for is a proof of that. By
learning how to make creative decisions, so you could turn yourself
into a leader in a more complicated world.What it is about or how life and business benefit from lateral
thinking

Rene Descartes gave a simple example in his Discourse: if we fail to
think things through then our 'knowledge' is like a house built on
insecure foundations. Reforming the way we think leads a safer,
improveddesign. It is the same in business these days, where
rational thoughts save efforts, resources, time, finances, etc.

David Tanner, a founder and a president of the DuPont creativity and
innovation centre says that the use of lateral thinking can lead to
amazing results. It could also be used to save a human life....