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| Concept: a concept is a term for an entity with certain properties. The properties of an object correspond to the features of the concept. These concept features are necessary in contrast to the properties of an individual object, which are always contingent._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Herbert A. Simon on Concepts - Dictionary of Arguments
Wilson I 88 Concepts/concept formation/complexity/Simon/E. O. Wilson: (H.A. Simon (1983)(1): What distinguishes creative thinking from the more common patterns of thought is 1) the willingness to accept and gradually structure problem statements that are very vaguely defined 2) to deal continuously with the same problem for a fairly long period of time; and 3) to acquire comprehensive background knowledge in relevant and potentially relevant domains. >Creativity, >Thinking, >Method, >Knowledge, >Definitions, >Definability, >Background, >Pre-knowledge, >Bounded Rationality. 1. H.A. Simon, „Discovery, invention and developemnt: human crative thinking“ in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 80 (1983), S. 4569-4571._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
psySimn II Herbert A. Simon Models of Thought New Haven 1979 Simon I Herbert A. Simon The Sciences of the Artificial Cambridge, MA 1970 WilsonEO I E. O. Wilson Consilience. The Unity of Knowledge, New York 1998 German Edition: Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge New York 1998 |
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