Computational philosophy of science
By applying research in artificial intelligence to problems in the philosophy of science, Paul Thagard develops an exciting new approach to the study of scientific reasoning. This approach uses computational ideas to shed light on how scientific theories are discovered, evaluated, and used in explan...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass.
MIT Press
1988
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| Collection: | MIT Press eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | By applying research in artificial intelligence to problems in the philosophy of science, Paul Thagard develops an exciting new approach to the study of scientific reasoning. This approach uses computational ideas to shed light on how scientific theories are discovered, evaluated, and used in explanations. Thagard describes a detailed computational model of problem solving and discovery that provides a conceptually rich yet rigorous alternative to accounts of scientific knowledge based on formal logic, and he uses it to illuminate such topics as the nature of concepts, hypothesis formation, analogy, and theory justification |
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| Item Description: | "A Bradford book." |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 240 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780262284837 9780585366692 0262284839 0585366691 |