{"product_id":"inquiry-as-inquiry-jaakko-hintikka-9789048151394","title":"Inquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientific Discovery","description":"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, \u003cem\u003eviz\u003c\/em\u003e., 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jaakko Hintikka\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9048151392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789048151394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.64d","brand":"Jaakko Hintikka","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052983709951,"sku":"9789048151394","price":219.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4575eee1-e657-4fa4-8b14-9933fcf9f79d.jpg?v=1685021733","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inquiry-as-inquiry-jaakko-hintikka-9789048151394","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}