About this title: 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 ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Springer
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780792354772ISBN:079235477X
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS GROUP Country = NETHERLANDS
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780792354772ISBN:079235477X
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 308 pages. This book is printed on demand (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (304 pages) a collection of essays, which shows how the logic of experimental inquiry can be understood from the interrogative vantage point. it examines topics such as induction, explanation, the incommensurability of theories, theory-ladenness of observations, and identifiability. (Hardback) read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBL
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780792354772ISBN:079235477X
Description: New. 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-seekin... read more
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