Scientific discovery : logic and tinkering /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kantorovich, Aharon, 1937-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1993.
Colección:SUNY series in philosophy and biology.
Temas:
Science > Methodology.
Science > Philosophy.
Creative ability in science.
Serendipity in science.
Science > methods
Sciences > Méthodologie.
Créativité en sciences.
Sérendipité en sciences.
SCIENCE > Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Creative ability in science
Science > Methodology
Science > Philosophy
Serendipity in science
Entdeckung
Evolutionäre Erkenntnistheorie
Kreativität
Methode
Naturwissenschaften
Wissenschaft
Creativiteit.
Serendipiteit.
Ontdekkingen.
Methodologie.
Épistémologie évolutionniste.
Épistémologie génétique.
Sciences > Philosophie.
Connaissance, Théorie de la.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part 1: In search for logic of discovery
  • Chapter 1: Exposing and generating
  • What is a discovery?
  • The products of scientific discovery
  • The kinds of discovery processes
  • The creative element in discovery and the issues of realism
  • Chapter 2: The scope of method
  • The nature and function of method
  • Inferring and reconstructing
  • Chapter 3: Why did traditional philosophy of science ignore discovery?
  • The distinction between the context of discovery and the context of justification
  • Objections to the distinction
  • Part 2: Discovery naturalized
  • The prepared mind: cultivating the unintentional
  • Chapter 4: Philosophy of science: from justification and explanation
  • Normative philosophy of science: justification relativized
  • From description to explanation
  • Explanatory philosophy of science
  • Normative naturalism: shallow vs. deep theories of scientific rationality
  • Chapter 5: An evolutionary theory of discovery: in search for the unexpected
  • Evolutionary epistemology: taking natural selection seriously
  • Blind variation: the principle of serendipity
  • Some implications of the principle of serendipity
  • Two landmarks of serendipity in physics
  • Serendipitous discovery of natural phenomena
  • Cultivating serendipity
  • Chapter 6: Intrapsychic processes of creation
  • A psychological theory of the creative process
  • Implications of the theory
  • Chapter 7: A socio-evolutionary theory of science
  • Epistemic cooperation and the social dimension of discovery
  • The social dimension of blind variation, selection and dissemination
  • Has science liberated humankind from the tyranny of the genes?
  • The tension between change and stability
  • Implications for discovery
  • Chapter 8: Tinkering and opportunism: the logic of creation
  • Evolutionary tinkering in science
  • Tool-oriented scientists: intellectual migration
  • Tinkering in particle physics
  • Chapter 9: Completing the picture: is there a role for the genotype-phenotype process?
  • Non-creative discovery: the genotype-phenotype logic of growth
  • The selection cycle in science.

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