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By applying research in artificial intelligence to problems in the philosophy of science, Paul Thagard develops an exciting new approach to the study of scientific reasoning. This approach uses computational ideas to shed light on how scientific theories are discovered, evaluated, and used in explan...

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1. Verfasser:
Thagard, Paul
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1988.
©1988
Zusammenfassung:
By applying research in artificial intelligence to problems in the philosophy of science, Paul Thagard develops an exciting new approach to the study of scientific reasoning. This approach uses computational ideas to shed light on how scientific theories are discovered, evaluated, and used in explanations. Thagard describes a detailed computational model of problem solving and discovery that provides a conceptually rich yet rigorous alternative to accounts of scientific knowledge based on formal logic, and he uses it to illuminate such topics as the nature of concepts, hypothesis formation, analogy, and theory justification.
Umfang:
1 PDF (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations.
Also available in print.
Anmerkungen:
"A Bradford book."
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.
ISBN:
0-262-28483-9
0-585-36669-1
Schlagworte:
Science > Philosophy.
Psychology.
Artificial intelligence.
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