Knowing and the Mystique of Logic and Rules: including True Statements in Knowing and Action * Computer Modelling of Human Knowing Activity * Coherent Description as the Core of Scholarship and ScienceHuman 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:
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Contents
1 THE PSYCHOLOGY OF KNOWING | 3 |
11 WILLIAM JAMESS PSYCHOLOGY OF KNOWING | 5 |
12 BERTRAND RUSSELL ON KNOWING | 51 |
13 JL AUSTIN ON HOW ONE KNOWS | 71 |
15 SUMMARY ON THE PSYCHOLOGY OF KNOWING | 87 |
2 LANGUAGE OR KNOWING AND HUMAN EXPRESSION | 93 |
21 RULES AND REGULARITY IN LANGUAGE | 95 |
22 RULES AND REGULARITY IN MUSICAL COMPOSITION | 111 |
33 PERSONAL STYLE IN PROGRAM DESCRIPTION AND UNDERSTANDING | 189 |
34 COMPUTER MODELLING OF HUMAN KNOWING ACTIVITY | 213 |
4 SCHOLARSHIP AND SCIENCE | 229 |
KNOWING IN BIOLOGICAL DISCOVERY | 231 |
COHERENCE AND MODELS IN SCIENTIFIC DESCRIPTION | 253 |
A CASE OF CHRONIC SCIENTIFIC CONFUSION | 261 |
44 THE METAPHYSICS OF CONSTRUCTED MODELS | 271 |
45 LOGIC AND PSYCHOLOGY OF THE SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITY | 293 |
23 LANGUAGE PRODUCTION AND UNDERSTANDING | 121 |
24 TRUE STATEMENTS IN KNOWING AND ACTION | 137 |
3 COMPUTING VERSUS HUMAN KNOWING | 163 |
31 THREE NOTIONS OF PROOF | 165 |
32 PROOF VERSUS FORMALIZATION | 171 |
46 COHERENT DESCRIPTION AS THE CORE OF SCHOLARSHIP AND SCIENCE | 317 |
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Knowing and the Mystique of Logic and Rules: including True Statements in ... P. Naur Limited preview - 2013 |
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Common terms and phrases
aberration appears aspects association atoms believe Bertrand Russell characterized claim coherent concepts concern considered constructed models context Crick depends described discovery discussion Doppler effect elements evidence example experience expression fact fields form of description formal Francis Crick further given Henry Miller human knowing hydrogen bonds indicate insight issue James's kind knowledge language linguistic logic mathematical matter Maurice Wilkins meaning mental objects metaphysical mind modellee models of physics molecules notation notion Novel Item observed ordinary particular perception person phlogiston theory phrase physicists present proof psychology quantum mechanics question relation relevant Rosalind Franklin Russell Russell's Ryle Ryle's scholarly/scientific description scientific scientists sensation sense sentences significant situation special relativity stars statements stream of consciousness strict counterpoint structure of DNA suggests tape theory things thought thymine true truth Turing's understanding universal machine Warshall's Watson William James words X-ray X-ray diffraction