<noinclude>Situational logic is a label coined by Karl Popper to identify a logical theory of reasoning capable of expanding reliable knowledge. Human reasoning is prompted by problems which focus the attention of an individual or group on a situation: “the stimulus of practical problems” arising in given “specific initial conditions.” Some kind of habitual practice or belief, once justified by a theory, breaks down, stops “working,” in unique existing conditions. Situational logic tries to solve such a breakdown by rejoining conceptual theory—hypothetical universal regularities or general continuing factors—to operational practice in unique situational conditions.
<coherence> <noinclude>Situational logic is a label coined by Karl Popper to identify a logical theory of reasoning capable of expanding reliable knowledge. Human reasoning is prompted by problems which focus the attention of an individual or group on a situation: “the stimulus of practical problems” arising in given “specific initial conditions.” Some kind of habitual practice or belief, once justified by a theory, breaks down, stops “working,” in unique existing conditions. Situational logic tries to solve such a breakdown by rejoining conceptual theory—hypothetical universal regularities or general continuing factors—to operational practice in unique situational conditions.