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Helmut Reich's Proposal
Author(s) -
Albright John R.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
zygon®
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-9744
pISSN - 0591-2385
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9744.00508
Subject(s) - ambiguity , computer science , maturity (psychological) , cognitive science , artificial intelligence , epistemology , psychology , philosophy , programming language , developmental psychology
A form of logic called relational and contextual reasoning is put forward as an improvement over other, more familiar types of logic. Developmental ideas are used to show how maturity ordinarily leads people away from binary (true/false) logic to systems of reasoning that are more subtle and better suited to making decisions in the face of ambiguity.