Computational philosophy of science / Paul Thagard.
1988
Q175 .T479 1988eb
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Title
Computational philosophy of science / Paul Thagard.
Author
Thagard, Paul.
ISBN
0585366691 (electronic bk.)
9780585366692 (electronic bk.)
0262284839 (electronic bk.)
9780262284837 (electronic bk.)
0262200686
9780262200684
0262700484
9780262700481
9780585366692 (electronic bk.)
0262284839 (electronic bk.)
9780262284837 (electronic bk.)
0262200686
9780262200684
0262700484
9780262700481
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1988.
Copyright
©1988
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations
Call Number
Q175 .T479 1988eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
501
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.
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"A Bradford book."
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