Chaotic Logic Language, Thought, and Reality from the Perspective of

This book summarizes a network of interrelated ideas which I have developed, off and on, over the past eight or ten years. The underlying theme is the psychological interplay of order and chaos. Or, to put it another way, the interplay of deduction and in

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International Federation for Systems Research International Series on Systems Science and Engineering Series Editor: George J. Klir State University of New York at Binghamton Editorial Board Gerrit Broekstra Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands John L. Casti Santa Fe Institute, New Mexico Brian Gaines University of Calgary, Canada

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Ivan M. Havel Charles University, i'"rague, Czech Republic Manfred Peschel Academy of Sciences, Berlin, Germany Franz Pichler University of Linz, Austria

FACETS OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE George J. Klir THE ALTERNATNE MATHEMATICAL MODEL. OF UNGUlSTIC SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS Vilem Novak CHAOTIC LOGIC: Language, Thought, and Reillity from the Perspective of Complex Systems Science Ben Goertzel

IFSR was established "to stimulate all activities associated with the scientific study IOf systems and to coordinate such activities at intemationallevel." The aim of this series is to stimulate publication of high-quality monographs and textbooks on various topics of systems science and ellgineering. TIlls series complements the Federation's other publications. A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery ~ f each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further infornation please contact the publisher. Volumes 1--6 were published by Pergamon Press.

Chaotic Logic Language, Thought, and Reality from the Perspective of Complex Systems Science Ben Goertzel University of Waikato Hamilton, New Zealand

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Goertzel, Ben. Chaotic logic language, thought, and reality from the perspective of complex systems science / Ben Goertzel. p. em. -- (IFSR international series on systems science and engineering; v. 9) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. System theory. 2. Order-disorder models. 3. Chaotic behavior in systems. 4. Philosophy of mind. 5. Cognitive science. 6. Computational co.plexity. I. Title. II. Series. Q295.G64 1994 93-46650 003' .7--dc20 CIP

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Logic ... an imperative, not to know the true, but to posit and arrange a world that shall be called true by us. -- Friedrich Nietzsche

PREFACE

This book summarizes a network of interrelated ideas which I have developed, off and on, over the past eight or ten years. The underlying theme is the psychological interplay of order and chaos. Or, to put it another way, the interplay of deduction and induction. I will try to explain the re