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Inquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientific Discovery

Inquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientific Discovery

Hintikka, Jaakko

Hardcover

Series: Jaakko Hintikka Selected Papers, Book 5

General World HistoryHistory & Philosophy of ScienceLogic

ISBN10: 079235477X
ISBN13: 9780792354772
Publisher: Springer
Published: Jun 30 1999
Pages: 290
Weight: 1.34
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Is a genuine logic of scientific discovery possible? In the essays collected here, Hintikka not only defends an affirmative answer; he also outlines such a logic. It is the logic of questions and answers. Thus inquiry in the sense of knowledge-seeking becomes inquiry in the sense of interrogation. Using this new logic, Hintikka establishes a result that will undoubtedly be considered the fundamental theorem of all epistemology, viz., the virtual identity of optimal strategies of pure discovery with optimal deductive strategies. Questions to Nature, of course, must include observations and experiments. Hintikka shows, in fact, how the logic of experimental inquiry can be understood from the interrogative vantage point. Other important topics examined include induction (in a forgotten sense that has nevertheless played a role in science), explanation, the incommensurability of theories, theory-ladenness of observations, and identifiability.

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