The abductive structure of scientific creativity : an essay on the ecology of cognition /: an essay on the ecology of cognition. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lorenzo Magnani.
• Authors: Magnani, Lorenzo
• Contents: Enhancing knowledge: tracking the external world -- Distributed model-based science: scientific models are not fictions -- Not everything in scientific cognition is evidence-based: the epistemology of evidentially inert knowledge enhancing -- Epistemic warfare: are scientific models fictions or epistemic weapons? -- The genealogy of abduction -- Maximizing cognition in science: affirming truths implies negating truths: irrelevance and implausibility exculpated -- Science maximizes abducibility: the optimization of eco-cognitive situatedness in ampliative inferences.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 153; Philosophy; Cognition -- Philosophy; Creative ability in science; Philosophy and cognitive science; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology; SCIENCE / Cognitive Science; Cognition -- Philosophy; Creative ability in science; Philosophy and cognitive science; Psychology -- Cognitive Psychology; Computers -- Intelligence (AI) & Semantics; Philosophy -- Logic; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Artificial intelligence; Philosophy: logic; Genetic epistemology; Consciousness; Engineering; Logic; Philosophy -- Epistemology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319592565; 3319592564
• Related ISBNs: 9783319592558
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 12, 2017).
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