โ Scribed by Scott A. Kleiner (auth.)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Scientific research is viewed as a deliberate activity and the logic of discovery consists of strategies and arguments whereby the best objectives (questions) and optimal means for achieving these objectives (heuristics) are chosen. This book includes a discussion and some proposals regarding the way the logic of questions can be applied to understanding scientific research and draws upon work in artificial intelligence in a discussion of heuristics and methods for appraising heuristics (metaheuristics). It also includes a discussion of a third source for scientific objectives and heuristics; episodes and examplars from the history of science and the history of philosophy.
This book is written to be accessible to advanced students in philosophy and to the scientific community. It is of interest to philosophers of science, philosophers of biology, historians of physics, and historians of biology.
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-37
Scientific Inquiry....Pages 39-86
Erotetic Logic and Scientific Questions....Pages 87-124
A Methodology for Problem Choice....Pages 125-182
The Pursuit of Questions....Pages 183-232
The Heuristic Character of Traditional Scientific Methods....Pages 233-304
Summary and Conclusions....Pages 305-318
Back Matter....Pages 319-340
Philosophy of Science; History; Philosophy of Biology; Logic
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