Building Theories

Building Theories

Heuristics and Hypotheses in Sciences

Danks, David; Ippoliti, Emiliano

Springer International Publishing AG

06/2019

284

Mole

Inglês

9783319892085

15 a 20 dias

This book explores new findings on the long-neglected topic of theory construction and discovery, and challenges the orthodox, current division of scientific development into discrete stages: the stage of generation of new hypotheses;
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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