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| Thinking: Thinking is a cognitive process that involves mental activities such as reasoning, problem solving, decision making, imagination and conceptualization. These operations enable individuals to process information, make sense of their experiences and interact with the world around them._____________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 Thinking - Dictionary of Arguments
Weizenbaum I 177 Thinking/Human/H. A. Simon: (H. A. Simon, The Sciences and the Artificial, Cambridge, 1969, p. 52f): From the experimental evidence (when solving clad arithmetic problems, the acquisition of concepts, memory performances, processing visual stimuli and solving tasks using natural languages) generalisations about human thinking can be deduced. These are simple processes.... only human pride can claim that the obvious complexity of human behaviour has a completely different cause than that of the ant. --- I 178 WeizenbaumVsSimon, H. A.: Simon's hypothesis was that the inner environment of the human being (his organism) was irrelevant for his behaviour. However, the examples are not suitable for the methods of investigating human individuals as they have been developed in the psychological laboratories._____________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 Weizenbaum I Joseph Weizenbaum Computer Power and Human Reason. From Judgment to Calculation, W. H. Freeman & Comp. 1976 German Edition: Die Macht der Computer und die Ohnmacht der Vernunft Frankfurt/M. 1978 |
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