Fil,
Definitely, though it is also clear that he knew little or nothing about the
connection of his ideas with the much richer themes and devices of rhetoric
until the very end of his career, when a student at Berkley pointed this
out--and doubtful if he knew much about Pierce.
Richard
On 4/17/07 11:12 AM, "Filippo A. Salustri" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Klaus et al,
>
> 'Selecting one of many possible solutions' makes me think of abductive
> reasoning. I haven't had the time to read Rittel's papers yet, but I thought
> I'd pitch it out. Could he be talking about something that's sympathetic with
> abductive reasoning?
>
> Cheers.
> Fil
>
>
> Klaus Krippendorff <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> chris and terry:
>>
>> i think one can be more precise with these distinctions
>>
>> according to rittel, tame problems are solved when one has selected one (the
>> optimal) solution from an enumerable set of possible solutions, satisfying
>> the criterion.
>
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