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Heuristic   /hjʊrˈɪstɪk/   Listen
Heuristic

adjective
1.
Of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation.  Antonym: algorithmic.
noun
1.
A commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem.  Synonyms: heuristic program, heuristic rule.



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"Heuristic" Quotes from Famous Books



... helped to determine the selection of symbols. A procedure of determination has taken place here similar to that we might have noticed in the coincidence of material and functional symbolism in dreams. Here again appears the heuristic value which the introduction of the concept of the functional ...
— Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts • Herbert Silberer


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