Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Science - General & Miscellaneous, Philosophical & Religious Aspects of Technology, Science, Philosophy of, Reference - General & Miscellaneous, Cognitive Psychology
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Overview
This study of cognitive processes and scientific research begins with an autobiographical account of a research program that was designed to simulate scientific thinking. It explores such questions as: How do mental models, representations, expectations, and presumptions affect the creation of scientific knowledge? What is the effect of confirmation or disconfirmation on the process of experimentation and the direction of research? How does a scientist decide whether a model or theory is correct? The first-person narrative allows readers to follow the research step by step and to work through the issues as the author grapples with them. The book also discusses important historical examples in which these issues have loomed large, among them the "great Devonian controversy," the etheric force controversy, and Kepler's theory of planetary motion. One fascinating chapter compares the cognitive styles of Bell and Edison and develops a cognitive framework that can be used to compare the creative processes of scientists and inventors.Book Details
Published
August 28, 1992
Publisher
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1992.
Pages
292
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780253326089