Lateral Thinking versus Logical Thinking

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Lateral Thinking is a method that stimulates creativity in solving problems. This method is an aid for looking new perspectives or points of views of an specific situation. In opposition to logical (lineair) thinking which is affected by paradigms. (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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		Lateral versus Logical Thinking col n bhatnagar, Management Consultant, India, Member
	In my opinion Lateral Thinking is: without changing the objective you look for new approaches, ideas and courses to achieve the same objective. Whereas logical thinking is working out a solution on cause and effect basis. Pl correct if I am wrong.

		Logical Thinking is not Cause and Effect Hassaan Khalid
	There are two types of reasoning: inductive and deductive. Inductive uses heuristics. Deductive uses algorithms. What we call logic is usually algorithm. For example we say maths needs logic. But math is simply algorithms (at least while solving). Lateral Thinking is inductive reasoning which involves looking at possible solutions and choosing the best alternative. Logical thinking is not cause and effect. Because causality is established mostly by our own reading or views of a matter.

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