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Parallogic: As Mind Meets Context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Barbara Gail Hanson
Barbara Gail Hanson*
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University of Waterloo
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Parallogic models the relationship between mind and context. It, as does the excerpt above, suggests that systems of logic are context specific and therefore parallel. This model points out that perceived departures in mental process, reasoning, may be more apparent than real. It also suggests a new way to conceive of mental illness by separating breakdowns in mental process from shifts in mental process.

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Research Article
Information
Diogenes , Volume 37 , Issue 147 , September 1989 , pp. 77 - 91
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 Fédération Internationale des Sociétés de Philosophie / International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP)

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Footnotes

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I am thankful for discussions with Norman W. Bell, Melvin J. Lerner, Amy Tyson and John S. Strauss which helped me to develop my ideas. To the best of my knowledge this is the first usage of the term “parallogic”. T. Lidz used the word “paralogic” but in a different sense, as is discussed in the body of this paper. I use two “1's” to capture the sense of parallel logic as non-meeting systems.

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