The Structural View
To relate to thought as ‘outside’ perspective on internal experience, the structural approach simulates thought. Kenneth Colby’s computer simulation generated a paranoid psychological mode represented in logic and syntax. This inspires a new structural ap
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Harwood Fisher
Logic, Syntax, and a Structural View
Harwood Fisher
Logic, Syntax, and a Structural View The Psychology of Trump’s Hall of Mirrors
Harwood Fisher The City College of the City University of New York New York, NY, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-60880-4 ISBN 978-3-030-60881-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60881-1 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, 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. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Harvey Loake This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To David Wechsler, Heinz Werner, and Ivan Pavlov for boldly reaching for, achieving, and teaching analogies that bring together divers layers of the determinants of human thought.
Contents
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The Structural View
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Values, Features, and Heuristics of a Structural View
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Reduction Versus the Expanding Manifold
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Development and History as Parameters of the Expanding Manifold
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Metaphor, Geometric Space, and the Structural View
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Logic and Schema Modalities
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The Proactive SV: Logical Form, Truth, and Sociopolitical Analogies
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The Metaphoric Float
Epilogue: SV Unbound—Program Logic and the Metaphoric Span of the Open Logic Gate
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References
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Index
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List of Diagrams
Diagram 7.1 Diagram 7.2 Diagram 8.1
Sun’s diagram, ‘Figure 1.1 The cascading levels of analysis’ The Borromean Rings Agency site, agent, and floatation to new relations of particulars from divergent groupings
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CHAPTER 1
The Structural View
Abstract To relate to thought as ‘outside’ perspective on internal experience, the structural approach simulates thought. Kenneth Colby’
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