Inquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientific Discovery
Is a genuine logic of scientific discovery possible? In the essays collected here, Hintikka not only defends an affirmative answer; he also outlines such a logic. It is the logic of questions and answers. Thus inquiry in the sense of knowledge-seeking becomes inquiry in the sense of interrogation. U...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1999, 1999
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1999 |
| Series: | Jaakko Hintikka Selected Papers
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 1. “Is Logic the Key to all Good Reasoning?”
- 2. “The Role of Logic in Argumentation”
- 3. “Interrogative Logic as a General Theory of Reasoning”
- 4. “What Is Abduction? The Fundamental Problem of Contemporary Epistemology”
- 5. “True and False Logics of Scientific Discovery”
- 6. “A Spectrum of Logic of Questioning”
- 7. “What Is the Logic of Experimental Inquiry?”
- 8. “The Concept of Induction in the Light of the Interrogative Approach to Inquiry”
- 9. “Semantics and Pragmatics for Why-Questions”
- 10. “The Varieties of Information and Scientific Explanation”
- 11. “On the Incommensurability of Theories”
- 12. “Theory-Ladenness of Observations as a Test Case of Kuhn’s Approach to Scientific Inquiry”
- 13. “Ramsey Sentences and the Meaning of Quantifiers”
- 14. “Towards a General Theory of Identifiability”