Psycho-Logic
Psycho-Logic is an attempt to formulate explicitly the implicit common-sense psychology embedded in everyday language and taken for granted by its users. The key concepts in this system are given definitions, and the basic assumptions are presented in the
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Psycho-Logic
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Professor Jan Smedslund Institute of Psychology University of Oslo PB 1094, Blindem 0317 Oslo 3, Norway
ISBN-13:978-3-642-73123-5 e-ISBN-13:978-3-642-73121-1 DOl: 10.1007/978-3-642-73121-1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data, Smedslund, Jan. Psycho-logic. Bibliography: p. 1. Psychology. I. Title. BF121.S548 1988 150 87-37616 ISBN-13:978-3-642-73123-5 (U.S.) This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in other ways, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is only permitted under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its version of June 24, 1985, and a copyright fee must always be paid. Violations fall under the prosecution act of the German Copyright Law. ©Springer-Vedag Berlin Heidelberg 1988 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1988 The use of registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product Liability: The publishers can give no guarantee for information about drug dosage and application thereof contained in this book. In every individual case the respective user must check its accuracy by consulting other pharmaceutical literature.
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To the ancient Greek geometers
Preface
In this work, I present the outcome of an attempt to explicate and systematize parts of commonsense psychology, that is, the psychology we all know tacitly and use in everyday life. This psychology is embedded in ordinary language and is acquired by everyone in the process of becoming socialized into a culture. The book is dedicated to the ancient Greek geometers. They attempted to explicate the implicit structure of our spatial world. Without their achievements, the advance of the physical sciences, as we know them, could not have taken place. The present work is an effort to explicate the implicit structure of our psychological world. Without such an explication there can be no adequate scientific description and analysis of what persons experience and do. I hope this effort will have some value for the future advance of a psychological science. Since what is presented is intended to consist only of common sense, it ought to be familiar and acceptable to every reader. Most of the specific propositions put forth have, at some time or other, been formulated by others. Hence, no claim to originality is made as far as the specific content is concerned. On the contrary, the number of people who have written things which correspond more or less to parts of what is presented here is very high. As a consequence of this, the task of giving references to all relevant publications has b
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