Heuristic Reasoning

Title:

Heuristic Reasoning

Author:

Ippoliti, Emiliano. editor.

ISBN:

9783319091594

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Physical Description:

V, 191 p. 11 illus., 1 illus. in color. online resource.

Series:

Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 16

Contents:

Reasoning at the frontier of knowledge: Introductory essay -- Why should the logic of discovery be revived? A reappraisal -- Are Heuristics Knowledge-Enhancing?Abduction, Models, and Fictions in Science -- Heuristic Appraisal at the Frontier of Research -- Why do Scientific Revolutions begin? -- Withstanding Tensions: Scientific Disagreement and Epistemic Tolerance -- Heuristics as Methods: Validity, Reliability and Velocity -- Dynamic generation of hypotheses: Mandelbrot, Soros and Far-From-Equilibrium.

Subject Term:

Computational intelligence.

Science -- Philosophy.

Operations research.

Logic.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Philosophy of Science.

Operations Research and Decision Theory.

Epistemology.

Added Author:

Ippoliti, Emiliano.

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