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Computational philosophy of science / Paul Thagard.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thagard, Paul.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science--Philosophy.
- Science.
- Psychology.
- Artificial intelligence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 PDF (xiv, 240 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-233) and index.
- "A Bradford book."
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-28483-9
- 0-585-36669-1
- OCLC:
- 47011982
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