Thinking

Many terms have a variety of meanings. This page provides the meanings of the terms as used in this site.

Term	Definition	Notes
Action	Something that could be done to change how a system behaves, with the intention of improving goal attainment.	Cell 3
Effect	Cell 4	Cell 3
System	Cell 2	Cell 3
Option	One or more actions that could be taken.	Cell 3
Conscious	A mental activity of which we are aware.	Cell 3
Reasoning	Conscious thinking	Arguably, some reasoning can be conducted subconsciously (eg, intuition).
Subconscious	A mental activity of which we are unaware.	Cell 3
Mode	physiological	can perform one or more processes qv. See modes.html.
Process	A method for converting inputs to outputs	performed in one or more modes qv. See modes.html.
Uncertainty	Cell 2	Deep uncertainty, [someone's] uncertainty
Risk	Cell 2	Cell 3

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