Building Theories Heuristics and Hypotheses in Sciences /

This book explores new findings on the long-neglected topic of theory construction and discovery, and challenges the orthodox, current division of scientific development into discrete stages: the stage of generation of new hypotheses; the stage of collection of relevant data; the stage of justifica...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 41
Subjects:
Epistemology.
Cognitive psychology.
Artificial intelligence.
Mathematical logic.
ISBN:9783319727875
ISSN:2192-6255 ;
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Table of Contents:
  • Building theories: The heuristic way
  • Building theories: Strategies not blueprints
  • Richer than reduction
  • Theory building as problem solving
  • Discovering cures in medicine
  • The product guides the process: Discovering disease mechanisms
  • Take the case of a Geometer: Mathematical analogies and building theories in Aristotle
  • Activation of the eddy mental schema, multiple analogies and their heuristic cooperation in the historical development of fluid dynamics
  • Heuristic logic: A kernel
  • The noetic account of scientific progress and the factivity of understanding
  • Rhythms, retention and protention: Philosophical reflections on geometrical schemata for biological time.

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