The Logic of Discovery

A Theory of the Rationality of Scientific Research

S. Kleiner (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

340 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1993
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-4297-2 (ISBN)

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Scientific research is viewed as a deliberate activity and the logic of discovery consists of strategies and arguments whereby the best objectives (questions) and optimal means for achieving these objectives (heuristics) are chosen. This book includes a discussion and some proposals regarding the way the logic of questions can be applied to understanding scientific research and draws upon work in artificial intelligence in a discussion of heuristics and methods for appraising heuristics (metaheuristics). It also includes a discussion of a third source for scientific objectives and heuristics; episodes and examplars from the history of science and the history of philosophy.
This book is written to be accessible to advanced students in philosophy and to the scientific community. It is of interest to philosophers of science, philosophers of biology, historians of physics, and historians of biology.

1 Introduction.- 2 Scientific Inquiry.- 3 Erotetic Logic and Scientific Questions.- 4 A Methodology for Problem Choice.- 5 The Pursuit of Questions.- 6 The Heuristic Character of Traditional Scientific Methods.- 7 Summary and Conclusions.- References.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	6.12.2010
Reihe/Serie	Synthese Library ; 231
Zusatzinfo	XII, 340 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 223 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	90-481-4297-0 / 9048142970
ISBN-13	978-90-481-4297-2 / 9789048142972
Zustand	Neuware