ABSTRACT
Problem solving has two aspects: (a) the process, or set of activities that guide the search for a solution, and (b) the product, or the actual solution. Most studies of problem solving have been experimental in design and have used scores on objective measures of achievement as the dependent variable. Relatively little empirical research has been done on the process involved in problem solving and virtually nothing on the logical activities present in the process. Erotetic logic, the logic of questions and answers, is one way of studying the underlying logical dynamics of problem solving.
