Heuristic Reasoning

How can we advance knowledge? Which methods do we need in order to make new discoveries? How can we rationally evaluate, reconstruct and offer discoveries as a means of improving the 'method' of discovery itself? And how can we use findings about scientific discovery to boost funding polic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ippoliti, Emiliano (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 16
Subjects:
Computational intelligence.
Science-Philosophy.
Operations research.
Logic.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Computational Intelligence.
Philosophy of Science.
Operations Research and Decision Theory.
Epistemology.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • Reasoning at the frontier of knowledge: Introductory essay
  • Why should the logic of discovery be revived? A reappraisal
  • Are Heuristics Knowledge-Enhancing?Abduction, Models, and Fictions in Science
  • Heuristic Appraisal at the Frontier of Research
  • Why do Scientific Revolutions begin?
  • Withstanding Tensions: Scientific Disagreement and Epistemic Tolerance
  • Heuristics as Methods:  Validity, Reliability and Velocity
  • Dynamic generation of hypotheses: Mandelbrot, Soros and Far-From-Equilibrium.

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