The Greatest Idea of All Times! | A Complete Act of Thought | The Master Method of Knowledge | A Universal Method for All Domains |
With knowledge doubling at a faster rate than ever, it would greatly help everyone if they were taught clear and simple guide for a complete act of thought.
From my research, I believe that such a guide is most commonly called "The Scientific Method" (also called the general pattern of the scientific method). It was developed by many, but most accurately by scientists (an example is SM-14).
The literature contains many formulas for problem solving, creative problem solving, decision making, and other similar terms. While these are "acts of thought," they usually are not complete acts of thought, because the formulas do not usually cover problem origination, challenge of solution, or suspend judgment. They all contain just parts of SM-14.
Wallas, in Art of Thought (1926), gives a formula for the "Art of Thought:"
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Dewey's guide to his "analysis of a complete act of thought" has been widely cited. Professor T.L. Kelley of Harvard, in Scientific Method: Its Function in Research and in Education (1932), abstracts Dewey's guide in a little different way than most authors, listing the "steps" shown below (he added #8, feeling it was needed). Also shown is a comparison of these "steps" to the stages of SM-14.
as abstracted by Kelley 1. A felt difficulty. Note: "A Tentative Solution" was not included as a separate stage in SM-14 as it may occur at #1, in between 1 & 2, at 2 or 3, and normally one or more at 4 & 5. |
1. Curious Observation |
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