Hands on the elephant: IQ, preschool programs, and the rhetoric of inoculation—a reply to commentaries
1991; Elsevier BV; Volume: 15; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0160-2896(91)90042-c
ISSN1873-7935
Autores Tópico(s)Child and Animal Learning Development
ResumoAbstract Buddhist teachers use the story of four blind men who fell into an argument about what an elephant was like. To settle the matter the four men had themselves led up to an elephant, and each man put forth his hands to feel the animal. The first man got hold of one of the beast's huge legs and said that an elephant must be like the trunk of a giant tree. Another man climbed up on the back of the elephant and found the animal to be like a little hill. The third took hold of the tail and insisted that the elephant was like a hossu , a duster made of hair. The fourth felt the trunk and concluded that the elephant must be much like a snake. (adapted from Ferguson & Anesaki, 1928, pp. 354–356)
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