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Correspondence, Consensus, Coherence and the Rape of Democracy
It is argued that a confusion among correspondence, consensus and coherence truth values is counterproductive, notably in the social field. Refinements of this rough categorization are discussed, as well as no...
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Complementarity in the Theory of Conversations and Lp.
In order to make sense of this paper, to readers who are not familiar with Conversation Theory and its proto-lanquage or proto-logic, this introduction contains a terse account of their essentials, insofar as ...
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Introduction Different Kinds of Cybernetics
This paper spells out differences and similarities between the older or classical cybernetics and the recent and very different cybernetics which has been produced as a product of philosophical and scientific ...
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Learning Strategies, Teaching Strategies, and Conceptual or Learning Style
From the mid- to late 1960s, Brian Lewis, Bernard Scott, and I conjectured that learning strategies, teaching strategies, and even plans of action have characteristic types which can be differentiated (Lewis &...
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Obituary
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Errata
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Review of conversation theory and a protologic (or protolanguage), Lp
This is the eleventh ERIC/ECTJ Annual Review Paper, preparation of which was supported by the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Clearinghouse on Information Resources, Syracuse University, Syracu...
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A conversation theoretic approach to social systems
There is a deplorable tendency in contemporary thinking to trivialise the content of deep and fascinating areas of knowledge.
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Models for social systems and for their languages
I would like to thank Prof B. N. Lewis for retrieving the manuscript from his files; likewise Mr MacDonald Ross; to thank Mr B. C. E. Scott for editing the manuscript and Miss M. Kershner for checking it.
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The Method of Adaptively Controlled Psychological Learning Experiments
In this paper we discuss the learning process that takes place when a man acquires a “Structured Skill” in adaptively controlled conditions. The phrase “Structured Skill” refers to a skill that satisfies some ...
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Man/machine interaction in adaptively controlled experimental conditions
Systems in which a human subject interacts with an adaptive control mechanism through display and response facilities are examined. A cybernetic model is discussed, together with supporting experimental data.
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The Simulation of Learning and Decision-Making Behavior
In this paper we examine the peculiar difficulties of simulating the learning behavior of man, certain animals, and those mechanical artifacts in which forms of organization evolve.
