Computational philosophy of science / Paul Thagard.
By: Thagard, Paul [author.]
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Contributor(s): IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.].
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, c1988Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [1993]Description: 1 PDF (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262284837.Subject(s): Artificial intelligence | Psychology | Science -- PhilosophyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleOnline resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Summary: 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.Paul Thagard is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo.
"A Bradford book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.
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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 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.Paul Thagard is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo.
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