<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In decision making quite often we face permanently changeable and potentially infinite databases when we cannot apply conventional algorithms for choosing a solution. A decision process on infinite databases (e.g. on a database containing a contradiction) is called troubleshooting. A decision on these databases is called creative reasoning. One of the first heuristic semi-logical means for creative decision making were proposed in the theory of inventive problem solving (TIPS) by Genrich Altshuller. In this paper, I show that his approach corresponds to the so-called content-generic logic established by Soviet philosophers as an alternative to mathematical logic. The main assumption of content-genetic is that we cannot reduce our thinking to a mathematical combination of signs or to a language as such and our thought is ever cyclic and reflexive so that it contains ever a history.</p></abstract>

In decision making quite often we face permanently changeable and potentially infinite databases when we cannot apply conventional algorithms for choosing a solution. A decision process on infinite databases (e.g. on a database containing a contradiction) is called troubleshooting. A decision on these databases is called creative reasoning. One of the first heuristic semi-logical means for creative decision making were proposed in the theory of inventive problem solving (TIPS) by Genrich Altshuller. In this paper, I show that his approach corresponds to the so-called content-generic logic established by Soviet philosophers as an alternative to mathematical logic. The main assumption of content-genetic is that we cannot reduce our thinking to a mathematical combination of signs or to a language as such and our thought is ever cyclic and reflexive so that it contains ever a history.

Creative Reasoning and Content-Genetic Logic

Studia Humana

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In decision making quite often we face permanently changeable and potentially infinite databases when we cannot apply conventional algorithms for choosing a...

Creative Reasoning and Content-Genetic Logic

Publié en ligne: 07 nov. 2018

Pages: 39 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2018-0022

Mots clés
Genrich Altshuller, troubleshooting, creative reasoning, content-genetic logic

© 2018 Andrew Schumann, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Creative Reasoning and Content-Genetic Logic

Publié en ligne: 07 nov. 2018

Pages: 39 - 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2018-0022

Mots clésGenrich Altshuller, troubleshooting, creative reasoning, content-genetic logic

© 2018 Andrew Schumann, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
Genrich Altshuller, troubleshooting, creative reasoning, content-genetic logic