Building Theories

Building Theories

Heuristics and Hypotheses in Sciences

Ippoliti, Emiliano; Danks, David

Springer International Publishing AG

06/2019

284

Mole

Inglês

9783319892085

15 a 20 dias

456

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Building theories: The heuristic way.- Building theories: Strategies not blueprints.- Richer than reduction.- Theory building as problem solving.- Discovering cures in medicine.- The product guides the process: Discovering disease mechanisms.- Take the case of a Geometer: Mathematical analogies and building theories in Aristotle.- Activation of the eddy mental schema, multiple analogies and their heuristic cooperation in the historical development of fluid dynamics.- Heuristic logic: A kernel.- The noetic account of scientific progress and the factivity of understanding.- Rhythms, retention and protention: Philosophical reflections on geometrical schemata for biological time.
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Scientific Theories;Inferences in Science;Scientific Discovery;Models of Problem-solving;Model-based Reasoning;Scientific Realism;Modeling and Inferring in Science;Hypothesis Generation;Ampliative Reasoning;Abduction vs Deduction;Rational Analysis;Scientific Coherence;Growth of Knowledge;Realism in Cognitive Science