Description
Building Theories, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Heuristics and Hypotheses in Sciences
Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics Series, Vol. 41
Coordinators: Danks David, Ippoliti Emiliano
Language: EnglishSubject for Building Theories:
Keywords
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
Publication date: 01-2018
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 06-2019
284 p. · 15.5x23.5 cm · Paperback
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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.
Describes new findings and models concerning the construction of theories and hypotheses in science
Brings together both normative and descriptive perspectives on the question of theory construction
Explores novel perspectives on the uses of models, inferences, and heuristic reasoning in theory-building
Uses case studies in logic, mathematics, physics, biology, and psychology to develop a set of principles for how theories are constructed and refined
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