Heuristic Reasoning

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ippoliti, Emiliano (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 16
• Θέματα: Engineering.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Epistemology.; Logic.; Philosophy and science.; Computational intelligence.; Computational Intelligence.; Philosophy of Science.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

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 policies, thus...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.