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Knowing and the Mystique of Logic and Rules
Peter Naur
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Paperback. Series: Studies in Cognitive Systems. Num Pages: 368 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; HPCF; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
Human knowing is examined as it emerges from classical empirical psychology, with its ramifications into language, computing, science, and scholarship. While the discussion takes empirical support from a wide range, claims for the significance of logic and rules are challenged throughout. Highlights of the discussion:
Human knowing is examined as it emerges from classical empirical psychology, with its ramifications into language, computing, science, and scholarship. While the discussion takes empirical support from a wide range, claims for the significance of logic and rules are challenged throughout. Highlights of the discussion:
- knowing is a matter of habits or dispositions that guide the person's stream of consciousness;
- rules of language have no significance in language production and understanding, being descriptions of linguistic styles;
- statements that may be true or false enter into ordinary linguistic activity, not ... Read more
- in computer programming the significance of logic, proof, and formalized description, is incidental and subject to the programmer's personality;
- analysis of computer modelling of the mental activity shows that in describing human knowing the computer is irrelevant;
- in accounting for the scholarly/scientific activity, logic and rules are impotent;
- a novel theory: scholarship and science have coherent descriptions as their core.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Cognitive Systems
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048146093
SKU
V9789048146093
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