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Positive Learning Through Negative Learning

The Wonderful Burden of PLATO

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Positive Learning in the Age of Information

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Based on the concept of Negative Knowledge and on a proposed transformational model, I will try to present a central but controversial idea about the value of Negative Learning (NL). Thus, in I will propose a solution to the problem, which at a first sight does not seem obvious at all. The idea is that NL must be used to understand and protect the content of PL. Then, I try to apply this solution to the PLATO project. To conclude, after a critical review of the PLATO research work, I will outline and recognize certain generalizations of the transformational concept.

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Oser, F. (2018). Positive Learning Through Negative Learning. In: Zlatkin-Troitschanskaia, O., Wittum, G., Dengel, A. (eds) Positive Learning in the Age of Information. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-19567-0_21

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