Heuristic Reasoning

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ippoliti, Emiliano (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
Series:Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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