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Systems Thinking has great power in solving complex problems that are not solvable using conventional reductionist thinking. It can help to explain non-linear behaviors like market reactions to new product introductions or the spread of disease; to understand complex socioeconomic problems such as the effects of charter schools or legalized gambling; and to understand the seemingly illogical behaviors of individuals and organizations like ISIS.However, there is no step-by-step procedure that has been established to facilitate the use of Systems Thinking in solving real-world problems. We hope that this handbook fills that gap and that the tools and approach provided herein facilitate the use of Systems Thinking in addressing systemic issues of interest to you, whatever they may be.

The biennial DEON conferences are designed to promote interdisciplinary cooperation amongst scholars interested in linking the formal-logical study of normative concepts and normative systems with computer science, artificial intelligence, linguistics, philosophy, organisation theory and law.In addition to these general themes, DEON 2016 encouraged a special focus on the topic "Reasons, Argumentation and Justification".

The IfColog Journal of Logics and their Applications covers all areas of pure and applied logic, broadly construed. This Journal is open access, and available in both printed and electronic formats. It is published by College Publications, on behalf of IfCoLoG (www.ifcolog.net). Edition Description

Arguments have often been a topic of interest in the psychology of communication, typically with an emphasis on their persuasive features - an emphasis largely shared by at least one of the classical disciplines in argumentation studies, namely, rhetoric. Nonetheless, contemporary argumentation theory has mostly steered clear of psychological contributions, with only few (albeit notable) exceptions. While there are both historical and theoretical reasons for this lack of interaction, many nowadays seem to think it is past time we bury the hatchet for good, and recent years have witnessed a flourish of cognitive approaches to the study of argument. This volume aims to take stock of these recent developments, as well as paving the way to new promising directions of inquiry. In doing so, it also manages to organize this rich landscape around five main sub-themes: socio-cognitive models of argumentation, issues of rationality (or lack thereof), the study of biases and fallacies, the role of argumentation in persuasion (and vice versa), and how learning and development affect our argumentative attitudes.

Soyons logiques est une invitation à double sens. Bien que la logique désigne couramment une disposition d'esprit partagée par tout un chacun, cette disposition prête à confusion dès lors que l'on s'interroge sur ses sources théoriques. Le présent volume propose treize articles de logique portant sur plusieurs aspects de la discipline logique et de ses méthodes, notamment le formalisme, la théorie des oppositions, la vérité mathématique et l'histoire de la logique. Ce volume a été préparé avec le souci pédagogique de parler au plus grand nombre des lecteurs de logique et de philosophie."Let¿s be Logical" is a double invitation. Although logic often refers to a disposition of mind that we all share, this disposition might be confused once its theoretical sources are questioned. The present volume offers thirteen articles that address various aspects of the discipline of logic and its methods, notably formalism, the theory of opposition, mathematical truth, and history of logic. This volume has been prepared with the pedagogical concern of making it accessible to a wide audience of logic and philosophy readers. This book has contributions that are in both French and English.

Cette analyse vise à concevoir des syst èmes de r évision dans lesquels l''acquisition de connaissances et les aspects interactifs de la signifi cation sont saisis comme un jeu de questions et de r éponses par rapport à un ensemble initial d''hypoth èses exprim é dans le langage-objet. Se situant à l''intersection des approches de la th éorie des types de Per Martin-Löf, de l''approche dialogique et de la th éorie de la r évision des croyances, cette investigation heuristique a pour objectif principal de proposer une analyse dialogique de la r évision des croyances dans le contexte de la th eorie des types de Martin-Löf. Ce processus de r évision s''effectue par un d éploiement progressif de contenus hypoth étiques dans un contexte d''interaction en cr édibilisant l''information que re çoit l''agent. Cette étude donne également la possibilit é d''exprimer avec aisance les aspects interactifs de la signi fication dans les tableaux s émantiques en mettant ainsi en exergue les notions d''actes de langage par la connexion entre dialogues et tableaux dans le contexte de la r évision des croyances.

In the short span of a few essays, this book takes the reader on a trip from the historical roots of the current financial architecture to the imaginable futures one can envision for it, only if there is the political will to change it. If we accept that, as put by the editors, financial markets' marginal imperfections are rather endemic pathologies, the consequences for the financial architecture have Copernican proportions. Every scholar and practitioner interested in the problems posed by the global economy at a critical moment when it has reached what looks like a dead end, will appreciate the refreshing inspiration offered by the authors that a star editing team has put together.Aldo Caliari, Director, Rethinking Bretton Woods Project, Center of Concern. The stagnation that we suffer since 2008 was originated by the global financial crisis of a system that is outside the control of national governments and has a dynamic of its own. In a few chapters, the book offers a historical account and a perspective of what could be a more rational financial system if there were political will to change it. All those interested in this topic will find in the ideas presented by this combination of authors, a deep understanding of the subject and inspiration for future research.Juan Carlos Moreno Brid, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. He is Professor at the Faculty of Economics, UNAM, Mexico. As the book authors argue, the financial institutional settings were profoundly modified in the 1970s, imposing new instruments, new mechanism, new institutions that revolutionized the world of finance, missing a central characteristic: financial regulations. In this context the book's conclusions are of outmost importance: taxes on financial activity, new ways of financial accounting, sovereign debts regulators as the new central bank supervisions are vital to overcome the present crisis and set the grounds for a new period of economic growth and development. Noemy Levy, Professor at the Faculty of Economics, UNAM, Mexico. Since the last 2008 economic crisis the implementation of a new financial institutionality is taking too much time, showing the current correlation of power. The discussions at multinational level require more action and inputs as those in this book. Congratulations!Katiuska King Mantilla from the Government of Ecuador.

The Italian Society for Logic and the Philosophy of Science (SILFS) was founded in 1952 with the aim of promoting and encouraging research in logic and philosophy of science inItaly. On 18--20 June 2014, the Society held its Triennial International Conference, SLFS 14, at the University "Roma TRE". The conference was divided into several sessions, each centered on one of the main current topics in logic and philosophy of science, with a special focus on interdisciplinary approaches to logical and epistemological issues in the foundations of special sciences (both natural, social and human). The 100 contributed papers underwent a further selection, resulting in the 28 papers that are published here, subdivided into three macro areas: Epistemology and General Philosophy of Science; Logic and Philosophy of Logic; Philosophy of Natural Sciences.These articles offer a representative sample of the trends and developments of the contemporary research in logic and the philosophy of science in Italy, as well as reflecting the direction and themes that characterise the current international debate in these disciplines.

Logic deals with the fundamental notions oftruth and falsity. Modal logic arose from the philosophical study of "modes of truth" with the two most common modes being "necessarily true" and "possibly true". Research in modal logic now spans the spectrum from philosophy, computer science and mathematics using techniques from relational structures, universal algebra, topology, and proof theory.These proceedings record the papers presented at the 2016 conference on Advances in Modal Logic, a biennial conference series with an aim to report on important new developments in pure and applied modal logic. As indicated above, there are new developments in using modal logic to reason about obligations, about programs, about time, about combinations of modal logics and even about negation itself.

El mundo gira en torno a la innovación. Se innova en la cocina, en la música, en el arte, en el comercio, en las formas de organización social, en la estructura familiar; en fin, la lista sería interminable, no hay ámbito de nuestra sociedad en el que no se hable de innovación. Dicho de otra manera, se vive la innovación como un avance en el sentido positivo de mejora, asociado además a una idea inconsciente de calidad. De manera general, se puede decir que innovación y creatividad forman parte de la naturaleza humana, y hacen posible la supervivencia de la especie en situaciones precarias y difíciles. En definitiva, están en la base de la evolución.Una frase que se ha hecho famosa entre los académicos es publish or perish (publicar o perecer), en el sentido de que, si no se publica, el trabajo que uno está haciendo no existe para el medio académico e investigador. Posiblemente, esta máxima continúa siendo válida, pero hay otra que se ha impuesto y no solo en la academia sino en todos los ámbitos de la vida y de la cultura, a saber: "innovar para sobrevivir".El objetivo del libro consiste en analizar los conceptos de innovación, invención, descubrimiento y progreso desde una perspectiva epistemológica y metodológica a partir del nuevo estado y contexto en el que se desarrolla la práctica científica. Para ello debemos examinar el significado de estos conceptos en sus diversos contextos de investigación, tanto básica como aplicada. La creatividad actuará como telón de fondo para la identificación y análisis de dichos conceptos. En cuanto al progreso, repasaremos sus indicadores en los distintos ámbitos de la actividad científica.

Peter K. Schotch is Emeritus Munro Professor of Metaphysics at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is co-founder of the Canadian School of paraconsistency known as perservationism, and has written papers in many areas of philosophical logic particularly many valued logic and epistemic & deontic logic.This collection contains papers written by Peter's students and colleagues who have been associated with him during his forty-plus years of philosophical enquiry.