Goals for human planning
(1979) p.460-467- Abstract
- Planning is compared with evolution. Evolution is the most powerful - and cruel, from a human point of view. Evolution does not plan, while planning man tries to avoid the cruel tests for fitness by founding his activities on
a growing knowledge of evolution.
Evolving man is studied in terms of his linguistic abilities which extend in for example technological domains. A linguistic complementarity for description and interpretation implies a steadily growing nature of knowledge and of planning. Planning processes are truncated for operability by the fixation of goals. Knowledge of a specific goal allows extended planning with
a new goal on a higher level.
A high-level goal for human planning is... (More) - Planning is compared with evolution. Evolution is the most powerful - and cruel, from a human point of view. Evolution does not plan, while planning man tries to avoid the cruel tests for fitness by founding his activities on
a growing knowledge of evolution.
Evolving man is studied in terms of his linguistic abilities which extend in for example technological domains. A linguistic complementarity for description and interpretation implies a steadily growing nature of knowledge and of planning. Planning processes are truncated for operability by the fixation of goals. Knowledge of a specific goal allows extended planning with
a new goal on a higher level.
A high-level goal for human planning is discussed, namely to complement the traditional fragmentary growth of knowledge with a systemsoriented growth, stimulated by revealing cycles in the knowledge process. Unfoldment of such
cycles lead to a progressive knowledge of knowledge and to a planning for planning that satisfies our human drift for inquiry. (Less)
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- author
- Löfgren, Lars LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 1979
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- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- host publication
- Improving the human condition: quality and stability in social systems : proceedings of the silver anniversary international meeting
- editor
- Ericson, Richard F.
- pages
- 460 - 467
- ISBN
- 0-387-90442-5
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 1c1576df-9817-4aa5-a7f8-a77029aeca1c (old id 1762541)
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abstract = {{Planning is compared with evolution. Evolution is the most powerful - and cruel, from a human point of view. Evolution does not plan, while planning man tries to avoid the cruel tests for fitness by founding his activities on<br/><br>
a growing knowledge of evolution.<br/><br>
Evolving man is studied in terms of his linguistic abilities which extend in for example technological domains. A linguistic complementarity for description and interpretation implies a steadily growing nature of knowledge and of planning. Planning processes are truncated for operability by the fixation of goals. Knowledge of a specific goal allows extended planning with<br/><br>
a new goal on a higher level.<br/><br>
A high-level goal for human planning is discussed, namely to complement the traditional fragmentary growth of knowledge with a systemsoriented growth, stimulated by revealing cycles in the knowledge process. Unfoldment of such<br/><br>
cycles lead to a progressive knowledge of knowledge and to a planning for planning that satisfies our human drift for inquiry.}},
author = {{Löfgren, Lars}},
booktitle = {{Improving the human condition: quality and stability in social systems : proceedings of the silver anniversary international meeting}},
editor = {{Ericson, Richard F.}},
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language = {{eng}},
pages = {{460--467}},
title = {{Goals for human planning}},
url = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/6402425/1770321.pdf}},
year = {{1979}},
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