The art of insight in science and engineering : mastering complexity / / Sanjoy Mahajan |
Autore | Mahajan Sanjoy <1969-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
Disciplina | 501/.9 |
Soggetto topico |
Statistical physics
Estimation theory Hypothesis Problem solving |
Soggetto non controllato |
PHYSICAL SCIENCES/General
ENGINEERING/General MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS/General SCIENCE / Applied Sciences TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General) MATHEMATICS / Applied |
ISBN |
0-262-32524-1
0-262-32523-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910260595203321 |
Mahajan Sanjoy <1969-> | ||
Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bioscience hypotheses |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [New York, N.Y.], : Elsevier Science, ©2008-©2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Soggetto topico |
Life sciences
Medicine Hypothesis Biology Sciences de la vie Médecine Hypothèse Biologie biology |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodical
periodicals. Periodicals. Périodiques. |
Soggetto non controllato | Biology - General |
ISSN | 1876-746X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996204260803316 |
[New York, N.Y.], : Elsevier Science, ©2008-©2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Bioscience hypotheses |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [New York, N.Y.], : Elsevier Science, ©2008-©2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Soggetto topico |
Life sciences
Medicine Hypothesis Biology Sciences de la vie Médecine Hypothèse Biologie biology |
Soggetto genere / forma |
Periodical
periodicals. Periodicals. Périodiques. |
Soggetto non controllato | Biology - General |
ISSN | 1876-746X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910145012203321 |
[New York, N.Y.], : Elsevier Science, ©2008-©2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hypothesis and perception : the roots of scientific method / / Errol E. Harris |
Autore | Harris Errol E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1970, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Muirhead Library of Philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Methodology
Hypothesis Perception |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-138-87116-8
1-315-83001-9 1-317-85159-5 1-317-85160-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; PART ONE: CRITICAL; I. PREVALENT VIEWS OF SCIENCE; i. The popular view; ii. Philosophical views; II. INDUCTION; i. Disclaimer of necessity for justification; ii. Induction and probability; iii. The pragmatic justification of induction; iv. Instrumentalism; v. New puzzles for old; vi. The unreasonableness of induction; III. THE EMPIRICIST TREATMENT OF DEDUCTION AND NECESSITY; i. Conventionalism; ii. Deduction and explanation; iii. Counterfactual conditionals; iv. Conclusion
IV. EMPIRICIST REFORMERSi. Dilution of empiricism; ii. Kneale on necessity, perception and consilience; iii. Popper on falsification; (a) Basic statements; (b) Hypothetico-deductive method; PART TWO: HISTORICAL; V. NON-EMPIRICAL ASPECTS OF SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURE; i. The Copernican revolution; (a) Copernicus; (b) Tycho Brahe; (c) Kepler; (d) Galileo; (e) Newton; ii. Dalton and chemical combination; iii. The conservation of mass and energy; iv. Relativity; VI. 'DEDUCTION FROM PHENOMENA'-CASE HISTORIES; i. Kepler's determination of the orbit of Mars ii. Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the bloodiii. Newton's experiments; iv. Lavoisier and combustion; v. Darwin's defence of the evolution hypothesis; vi. The discovery of the positron; vii. Findings; VII. SCIENTIFIC ADVANCE; i. Conceptual systems; ii. Recognition of observed data; iii. Articulation and proliferation of schemata; iv. The origins of change; v. The transition process; vi. Innovation and conservatism; vii. System and development; PART THREE: EPISTEMOLOGICAL; VIII. PERCEPTION; i. The epistemological crux; ii. Common views of perception; iii. Sense-data iv. Critique and merits of sense-data theoriesv. Achievement; vi. Discrepancy between 'data' and percept; vii. Schemata; viii. Context; ix. Innate and acquired schemata; x. Influence of past experience; xi. Interpretation; xii. Degrees of organization; xiii. Perception and science; IX. QUESTION AND ANSWER; i. Science and common sense; ii. Question and presupposition; iii. The origins of hypotheses; iv. Analogy and enumeration; v. Abduction; vi. Confirmation; vii. Note: What is meant by 'discovery'?; X. THE LOGIC OF CONSTRUCTION; i. The concept of structure; ii. Formalism, logic and psychology iii. Systematic thinkingiv. Necessity and causality; v. Probability; vi. Induction and deduction; vii. Science as a system; XI. THE DIALECTIC OF PROGRESS; i. Comprehensiveness and consistency as marks of adequacy; ii. Objections and criticisms; iii. Science as a scale; iv. Dialectic; v. The unity of science; vi. Hierarchy; vii. Agreement of results; XII. SCIENCE AND TRUTH; i. Objectivity; ii. Science and reality; iii. Criticism and defence; iv. Knowledge and its object; v. Validity and progress; vi. Science and metaphysics; vii. Science and religion; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453499603321 |
Harris Errol E. | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1970, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hypothesis and perception : the roots of scientific method / / Errol E. Harris |
Autore | Harris Errol E. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1970, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
Disciplina | 501 |
Collana | Muirhead Library of Philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Methodology
Hypothesis Perception |
ISBN |
1-138-87116-8
1-315-83001-9 1-317-85159-5 1-317-85160-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; PART ONE: CRITICAL; I. PREVALENT VIEWS OF SCIENCE; i. The popular view; ii. Philosophical views; II. INDUCTION; i. Disclaimer of necessity for justification; ii. Induction and probability; iii. The pragmatic justification of induction; iv. Instrumentalism; v. New puzzles for old; vi. The unreasonableness of induction; III. THE EMPIRICIST TREATMENT OF DEDUCTION AND NECESSITY; i. Conventionalism; ii. Deduction and explanation; iii. Counterfactual conditionals; iv. Conclusion
IV. EMPIRICIST REFORMERSi. Dilution of empiricism; ii. Kneale on necessity, perception and consilience; iii. Popper on falsification; (a) Basic statements; (b) Hypothetico-deductive method; PART TWO: HISTORICAL; V. NON-EMPIRICAL ASPECTS OF SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURE; i. The Copernican revolution; (a) Copernicus; (b) Tycho Brahe; (c) Kepler; (d) Galileo; (e) Newton; ii. Dalton and chemical combination; iii. The conservation of mass and energy; iv. Relativity; VI. 'DEDUCTION FROM PHENOMENA'-CASE HISTORIES; i. Kepler's determination of the orbit of Mars ii. Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the bloodiii. Newton's experiments; iv. Lavoisier and combustion; v. Darwin's defence of the evolution hypothesis; vi. The discovery of the positron; vii. Findings; VII. SCIENTIFIC ADVANCE; i. Conceptual systems; ii. Recognition of observed data; iii. Articulation and proliferation of schemata; iv. The origins of change; v. The transition process; vi. Innovation and conservatism; vii. System and development; PART THREE: EPISTEMOLOGICAL; VIII. PERCEPTION; i. The epistemological crux; ii. Common views of perception; iii. Sense-data iv. Critique and merits of sense-data theoriesv. Achievement; vi. Discrepancy between 'data' and percept; vii. Schemata; viii. Context; ix. Innate and acquired schemata; x. Influence of past experience; xi. Interpretation; xii. Degrees of organization; xiii. Perception and science; IX. QUESTION AND ANSWER; i. Science and common sense; ii. Question and presupposition; iii. The origins of hypotheses; iv. Analogy and enumeration; v. Abduction; vi. Confirmation; vii. Note: What is meant by 'discovery'?; X. THE LOGIC OF CONSTRUCTION; i. The concept of structure; ii. Formalism, logic and psychology iii. Systematic thinkingiv. Necessity and causality; v. Probability; vi. Induction and deduction; vii. Science as a system; XI. THE DIALECTIC OF PROGRESS; i. Comprehensiveness and consistency as marks of adequacy; ii. Objections and criticisms; iii. Science as a scale; iv. Dialectic; v. The unity of science; vi. Hierarchy; vii. Agreement of results; XII. SCIENCE AND TRUTH; i. Objectivity; ii. Science and reality; iii. Criticism and defence; iv. Knowledge and its object; v. Validity and progress; vi. Science and metaphysics; vii. Science and religion; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791064603321 |
Harris Errol E. | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1970, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Hypothesis and perception : the roots of scientific method / / Errol E. Harris |
Autore | Harris Errol E. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1970, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (400 p.) |
Disciplina |
501
001.42 |
Collana | Muirhead Library of Philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Science - Methodology
Hypothesis Perception |
ISBN |
1-138-87116-8
1-315-83001-9 1-317-85159-5 1-317-85160-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; PART ONE: CRITICAL; I. PREVALENT VIEWS OF SCIENCE; i. The popular view; ii. Philosophical views; II. INDUCTION; i. Disclaimer of necessity for justification; ii. Induction and probability; iii. The pragmatic justification of induction; iv. Instrumentalism; v. New puzzles for old; vi. The unreasonableness of induction; III. THE EMPIRICIST TREATMENT OF DEDUCTION AND NECESSITY; i. Conventionalism; ii. Deduction and explanation; iii. Counterfactual conditionals; iv. Conclusion
IV. EMPIRICIST REFORMERSi. Dilution of empiricism; ii. Kneale on necessity, perception and consilience; iii. Popper on falsification; (a) Basic statements; (b) Hypothetico-deductive method; PART TWO: HISTORICAL; V. NON-EMPIRICAL ASPECTS OF SCIENTIFIC PROCEDURE; i. The Copernican revolution; (a) Copernicus; (b) Tycho Brahe; (c) Kepler; (d) Galileo; (e) Newton; ii. Dalton and chemical combination; iii. The conservation of mass and energy; iv. Relativity; VI. 'DEDUCTION FROM PHENOMENA'-CASE HISTORIES; i. Kepler's determination of the orbit of Mars ii. Harvey's discovery of the circulation of the bloodiii. Newton's experiments; iv. Lavoisier and combustion; v. Darwin's defence of the evolution hypothesis; vi. The discovery of the positron; vii. Findings; VII. SCIENTIFIC ADVANCE; i. Conceptual systems; ii. Recognition of observed data; iii. Articulation and proliferation of schemata; iv. The origins of change; v. The transition process; vi. Innovation and conservatism; vii. System and development; PART THREE: EPISTEMOLOGICAL; VIII. PERCEPTION; i. The epistemological crux; ii. Common views of perception; iii. Sense-data iv. Critique and merits of sense-data theoriesv. Achievement; vi. Discrepancy between 'data' and percept; vii. Schemata; viii. Context; ix. Innate and acquired schemata; x. Influence of past experience; xi. Interpretation; xii. Degrees of organization; xiii. Perception and science; IX. QUESTION AND ANSWER; i. Science and common sense; ii. Question and presupposition; iii. The origins of hypotheses; iv. Analogy and enumeration; v. Abduction; vi. Confirmation; vii. Note: What is meant by 'discovery'?; X. THE LOGIC OF CONSTRUCTION; i. The concept of structure; ii. Formalism, logic and psychology iii. Systematic thinkingiv. Necessity and causality; v. Probability; vi. Induction and deduction; vii. Science as a system; XI. THE DIALECTIC OF PROGRESS; i. Comprehensiveness and consistency as marks of adequacy; ii. Objections and criticisms; iii. Science as a scale; iv. Dialectic; v. The unity of science; vi. Hierarchy; vii. Agreement of results; XII. SCIENCE AND TRUTH; i. Objectivity; ii. Science and reality; iii. Criticism and defence; iv. Knowledge and its object; v. Validity and progress; vi. Science and metaphysics; vii. Science and religion; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808958603321 |
Harris Errol E. | ||
London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1970, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The significance of the hypothetical in natural science [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Michael Heidelberger and Gregor Schiemann |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
Disciplina | 500 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HeidelbergerMichael
SchiemannGregor |
Soggetto topico |
Reasoning
Hypothesis Science - Methodology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-71449-X
9786612714498 3-11-021062-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Heidelberger, Michael / Schiemann, Gregor -- Hypothesis in Early Modern Science / McMullin, Ernan -- Experience and Hypotheses: Opinions within Locke's Realm / Specht, Rainer -- Hypotheses in 19th Century British Philosophy of Science: Herschel, Whewell, Mill / Snyder, Laura J. -- From Axioms to Conventions and Hypotheses: The Foundations of Mechanics and the Roots of Carl Neumann's "Principles of the Galilean-Newtonian Theory" / Pulte, Helmut -- Contingent Laws of Nature in Émile Boutroux / Heidelberger, Michael -- Pluralism and the Hypothetical in Heinrich Hertz's Philosophy of Science / Hüttemann, Andreas -- Hypotheses and Conventions in Poincaré / Heinzmann, Gerhard -- Hypothesis and Convention in Poincaré's Defense of Galilei Spacetime / Walter, Scott -- Vaihinger and Poincaré: An Original Pragmatism? / Bouriau, Christophe -- Werner Heisenberg's Position on a Hypothetical Conception of Science / Schiemann, Gregor -- "Instrumentalism" and "Realism" as Categories in the History of Astronomy: Duhem vs. Popper, Maimonides vs. Gersonides / Freudenthal, Gad -- Hypotheticity and Realism - Duhem, Popper and Scientific Realism / Bartels, Andreas -- The Hypothesis of Reality and the Reality of Hypotheses / Nordmann, Alfred -- Hypothetical Metaphysics of Nature / Esfeld, Michael -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455465403321 |
Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The significance of the hypothetical in natural science [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Michael Heidelberger and Gregor Schiemann |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
Disciplina | 500 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HeidelbergerMichael
SchiemannGregor |
Soggetto topico |
Reasoning
Hypothesis Science - Methodology |
ISBN |
1-282-71449-X
9786612714498 3-11-021062-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Heidelberger, Michael / Schiemann, Gregor -- Hypothesis in Early Modern Science / McMullin, Ernan -- Experience and Hypotheses: Opinions within Locke's Realm / Specht, Rainer -- Hypotheses in 19th Century British Philosophy of Science: Herschel, Whewell, Mill / Snyder, Laura J. -- From Axioms to Conventions and Hypotheses: The Foundations of Mechanics and the Roots of Carl Neumann's "Principles of the Galilean-Newtonian Theory" / Pulte, Helmut -- Contingent Laws of Nature in Émile Boutroux / Heidelberger, Michael -- Pluralism and the Hypothetical in Heinrich Hertz's Philosophy of Science / Hüttemann, Andreas -- Hypotheses and Conventions in Poincaré / Heinzmann, Gerhard -- Hypothesis and Convention in Poincaré's Defense of Galilei Spacetime / Walter, Scott -- Vaihinger and Poincaré: An Original Pragmatism? / Bouriau, Christophe -- Werner Heisenberg's Position on a Hypothetical Conception of Science / Schiemann, Gregor -- "Instrumentalism" and "Realism" as Categories in the History of Astronomy: Duhem vs. Popper, Maimonides vs. Gersonides / Freudenthal, Gad -- Hypotheticity and Realism - Duhem, Popper and Scientific Realism / Bartels, Andreas -- The Hypothesis of Reality and the Reality of Hypotheses / Nordmann, Alfred -- Hypothetical Metaphysics of Nature / Esfeld, Michael -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780735803321 |
Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The significance of the hypothetical in natural science / / edited by Michael Heidelberger and Gregor Schiemann |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (384 p.) |
Disciplina | 500 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HeidelbergerMichael
SchiemannGregor |
Soggetto topico |
Reasoning
Hypothesis Science - Methodology |
ISBN |
1-282-71449-X
9786612714498 3-11-021062-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Heidelberger, Michael / Schiemann, Gregor -- Hypothesis in Early Modern Science / McMullin, Ernan -- Experience and Hypotheses: Opinions within Locke's Realm / Specht, Rainer -- Hypotheses in 19th Century British Philosophy of Science: Herschel, Whewell, Mill / Snyder, Laura J. -- From Axioms to Conventions and Hypotheses: The Foundations of Mechanics and the Roots of Carl Neumann's "Principles of the Galilean-Newtonian Theory" / Pulte, Helmut -- Contingent Laws of Nature in Émile Boutroux / Heidelberger, Michael -- Pluralism and the Hypothetical in Heinrich Hertz's Philosophy of Science / Hüttemann, Andreas -- Hypotheses and Conventions in Poincaré / Heinzmann, Gerhard -- Hypothesis and Convention in Poincaré's Defense of Galilei Spacetime / Walter, Scott -- Vaihinger and Poincaré: An Original Pragmatism? / Bouriau, Christophe -- Werner Heisenberg's Position on a Hypothetical Conception of Science / Schiemann, Gregor -- "Instrumentalism" and "Realism" as Categories in the History of Astronomy: Duhem vs. Popper, Maimonides vs. Gersonides / Freudenthal, Gad -- Hypotheticity and Realism - Duhem, Popper and Scientific Realism / Bartels, Andreas -- The Hypothesis of Reality and the Reality of Hypotheses / Nordmann, Alfred -- Hypothetical Metaphysics of Nature / Esfeld, Michael -- Backmatter |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819840003321 |
Berlin ; ; New York, : Walter de Gruyter, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stereotyping as inductive hypothesis testing / / Klaus Fiedler & Eva Walther |
Autore | Fiedler Klaus <1951, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hove ; ; New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | x, 198 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 303.3/85/072 |
Altri autori (Persone) | WaltherEva <1964-> |
Soggetto topico |
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Hypothesis Social sciences - Research - Methodology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-135-47105-3
1-280-07741-7 0-203-64153-1 0-86377-832-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The topic of social hypothesis testing -- Stereotyping as a cognitive-environmental learning process : delineating the conceptual framework -- Learning of social hypotheses stereotypes as illusory correlations -- The auto-verification of social hypotheses -- Information search in the "inner world" : the origin of stereotypes in memory -- Testing social hypotheses in tri-variate problem space : further variants of environmental stereotype learning -- Explicit and implicit hypothesis testing in a complex environment -- The vicissitudes of information sampling in a fallible environment : an integrative framework -- Epilogue: Locating CELA in modern stereotype research. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450741503321 |
Fiedler Klaus <1951, > | ||
Hove ; ; New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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