Sensemaking  

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Signified (concept) and signifier (sound-image) as imagined by de Saussure
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Signified (concept) and signifier (sound-image) as imagined by de Saussure

"It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense"--Mark Twain

Sherlock Holmes (right) and Dr. Watson, drawing by Sidney Paget
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Sherlock Holmes (right) and Dr. Watson, drawing by Sidney Paget

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Sensemaking or sense-making is the process by which people give meaning to their collective experiences.

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  1. To be coherent or reasonable.
    The thing doesn’t make sense to me.
    Somehow the combination didn’t make sense, but Cranston took it at face value, whatever that was worth.
  2. To decipher or understand.
    Can you make sense of her handwriting?

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