Jan 09
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The induction problem paradox in consequential thinking
The problem of Induction known to us from mathematics.
In simple words: "Suppose that – X is such, then it seems that base on this assumption, those y,z… are about to follow the same requirements …"
In philosophy, on the other hand we talk about the induction problem as a non logical problem, things that worked in the past does not necessarily mean that they will work in the future!
Unlike mathematics, one central element in the world in which we live is changing – the world changes all the time.
Therefore, the operation of generalization base on past experience in order to obtain insights about the future (as done in the mathematical induction problem) has a bug! It lacks the component of uncertainty.
As human beings, doing all we do is based on past experience which is the source of concrete knowledge in the world.
The Philosopher, Kant has divided the world into two kinds of knowledge:
A priori knowledge – knowledge that existed first before any experience in this world, for example, our perception of time, space (three-dimensional thinking approach), a syntax of the language, mathematics in its formal shape and the element of wisdom itself.
A post-priori knowledge – knowledge accumulated by experience with the processes of trial and error, for example: languages in the world (Hebrew, English, etc.). Decimal system based on formal mathematics and other…
What happens to us every day is the meeting between the a priori knowledge and the post priori knowledge. The internal conflicts we are experiencing, the way we think wearing the glasses with whom we came into the world with the built-in filters we adapt to ourselves, being used we look at reality, and what we accumulate during life.
The central element in the process of Coaching is consequential thinking.
The concept of consequential thinking is that everything we do includes an element of uncertainty, there is no assurance in any action that we do that it will finally leads us where we want to reach!
Therefore in a world, where the uncertainty elemtnt has major influence, the way to reduce the lack of certainty is to invest the efforts in the future and defininf the goals and the step-by-step path to reach them instead of defining knowledge accumulated from the past, and if I do this action, we will consistently increase the statistical likelihood of reaching the desired results and reduce the gap of lack of certain. This will result in great advance for us, more than analyse of the past in order to achieve conclusions about the future, a method that prevent us getting significant results and of course not serve us in achieving success.
Kobi Magnezi.
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