The General Logic-System Algorithm
Robert A. Herrmann Ph.D. (A) It is required that individuals mentally follow a set of rules applied to members of a language, where a language is a constructed collection of symbolic forms or images.
(B) It is required, as done in formal logic, that individuals mentally make choices from a set of symbolic forms or images that may be potentially infinite.
(C) It is required that individuals mentally compare a finite set of specific symbolic forms or images with a fixed list of symbolic forms or images contained in a general rules of inference and, when the forms or images correspond exactly, to select related symbolic forms or images. This comparison and selection process is repeated.
(D) When applied to the physical world, it is required that individuals determine mentally when the selections made in (C) yield symbolic forms or images that represent the production of or alteration in the behavior of an identified physical-system. This requires an additional finite-choice step.
(E) There are finitely many steps in the algorithm that yields a (C)-selected symbolic form or image.
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