Psycho-logics
1969; Elsevier BV; Volume: 23; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1016/0022-5193(69)90043-5
ISSN1095-8541
AutoresC.A. Hilgartner, John F. Randolph,
Tópico(s)Cognitive Science and Mapping
ResumoAbstract We have listed our undefined terms, stated our premises, given what we claim to be an adequate account of the structure of biological ‘purposiveness’. and set up an algebraic set-theory notation which describes the transactional nature of ‘perception’. We have used this notation to describe the structure of any (mainly ‘perceptual’) encounter, and have used the resulting model to define our key terms. Finally, in order to test the adequacy of our model, we have deployed this logical calculus in the not-mainly-‘perceptual’ situations of ordinary physiological ‘need’ and satisfaction, of frustration, and of danger; and as judged by its handling of these situations, our model appears adequate. In the next paper of this series, we shall analyze the structure of ‘undistorted’ or ‘unimpaired’ human behavior, starting with the intrinsically interesting situation of finding a contradiction between what we expect and what we observe , and the consequent process of changing our premises . In a later paper, we shall explore the structure of ‘unimpaired’ human inter-personal transactions, leading up to a detailed analysis of the neurobiological events which occur when two strangers meet in an otherwise deserted hallway, and exchange a glance and warm smile, but no words. Subsequently, we shall explore the structure of ‘distorted’ or ‘impaired’ human behavior and experience, and the structure of the processes by which “distortions” or “impairments” of behavior and experience can be corrected.
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