Heuristic Reasoning
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-09158-7 (ISBN)
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 fostering a deeper impact of scientific discovery itself?
The respective chapters in this book provide readers with answers to these questions. They focus on a set of issues that are essential to the development of types of reasoning for advancing knowledge, such as models for both revolutionary findings and paradigm shifts; ways of rationally addressing scientific disagreement, e.g. when a revolutionary discovery sparks considerable disagreement inside the scientific community; frameworks for both discovery and inference methods; and heuristics for economics and the social sciences.
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.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 19.9.2014 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics |
| Zusatzinfo | V, 191 p. 11 illus., 1 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 467 g |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik |
| Technik | |
| Schlagworte | Ampliative reasoning • Epistemic tolerance • Heuristic appraisal • Heuristic Methods • Hypothesis generation • Logic of Discovery • new knowledge • Rational disagreement • Scientific disagreement • Scientific Discovery • Scientific revolutions |
| ISBN-10 | 3-319-09158-1 / 3319091581 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-09158-7 / 9783319091587 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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