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Hi Keith, A key question in making sense of deductive logic is HOW cognitive closure is achieved, i.e. how it relates to the activity 'deduce'. T -----Original Message----- From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Keith Russell Sent: Wednesday, 16 March 2016 6:08 AM To: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Abduction, Induction, and Deduction Dear Terry, Decisions trees, in terms of closure and/or commitment to action, are, I suggest, predicated on cognitive actions (events) that have already occurred. That is, from the vast array of information presented to consciousness, by pre-conscious events, some are brought to attention (pre-logic) from this cluster, some are then selected (initial logic) and from this primary organisation, some are then elected (logic proper). In a deductive process, cognitive closure would be achieved (deduced) and action would then follow. In a abductive process, cognitive closure would be presented as a possibility, but it would be open to further vision/revisions. In some circumstances, deductive action would show a better outcome (more mice caught) in other circumstance, abduction would show a better outcome (less energy wasted trying to catch mice that didnšt get caught). Temperamentally, one individual may be disposed towards deductive action, another person to abductive action. A professional is obviously a person capable of both approaches and a person also able to discern regularities in the relative usefulness of such approaches. It would be profoundly stupid to go abductive (indecisive) when you clearly know the car is going to hit you unless you move (or so you have deducted). I donšt think we need the baggage of linguistic accounts of closure in this model. Not because you canšt provide such accounts, but because the purpose of cognition is motivated by its own events and not by linguistic accounts in text books (linguistic accounts can thus be motivational inasmuch as they may be the grounds of cognitive experiences). I like the cats keith On 16/03/2016, 1:02 AM, "PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design on behalf of Terence Love" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote: >My daughter has two cats Shapey (white) and Changey (tortoiseshell). >Both are wild cats and not fully tamed and both hunt mice. Given an >ambiguous mouse hunting situation (sight of mouse but perhaps too far >away) Changey will wait, get bored, wander off, or carefully move to hunting the mouse. >Closure of the decision to conduct hunting activity is variable. In >contrast, for Shapey, commitment is immediate, apparently hardwired, >and 100%. Closure of the decision to hunt for Shapey is obviously different. >Is this difference in closure of decision-making processes to act the >result of long hours of cat conversation or something else? What >implications does that have for a linguistic explanation of closure in >use of different logics? > >I suggest how we decide to act to use the outcomes of logic (of >whatever >type) is an interesting issue for design research as it reinterprets >what the different types of logic mean to us as humans (as distinct >from what they mean in our thoughts and conversations) and potentially >reshapes a lot of the theory around design thinking . > >None of the above, however, makes abduction equivalent to deduction. > >Best wishes, >Terence ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------