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Inquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientific Discovery

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Inquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientific Discovery

Inquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientific Discovery by Jaakko Hintikka
English | PDF | 1999 | 298 Pages | ISBN : 079235477X | 32 MB

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. Using this new logic, Hintikka establishes a result that will undoubtedly be considered the fundamental theorem of all epistemology, viz., the virtual identity of optimal strategies of pure discovery with optimal deductive strategies. Questions to Nature, of course, must include observations and experiments. Hintikka shows, in fact, how the logic of experimental inquiry can be understood from the interrogative vantage point. Other important topics examined include induction (in a forgotten sense that has nevertheless played a role in science), explanation, the incommensurability of theories, theory-ladenness of observations, and identifiability.

What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery

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What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery

Francis Crick, "What Mad Pursuit: A Personal View of Scientific Discovery"
English | ISBN: 0465091385 | 1990 | 206 pages | EPUB, MOBI | 4 MB + 5 MB

The Logic of Scientific Discovery Ed 2

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The Logic of Scientific Discovery  Ed 2

Karl Popper, "The Logic of Scientific Discovery Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 0415278449 | 2002 | 544 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 4 MB