{"product_id":"9780792354772","title":"Inquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientific Discovery","description":"\u003ch3\u003eJaakko Hintikka Selected Papers\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eInquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientific Discovery\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJaakko Hintikka\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eScience \/ Philosophy \u0026amp; Social Aspects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIs 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eJaakko Hintikka\u003c\/em\u003e is the author or co-author of thirty volumes and of some 300 scholarly articles in mathematical and philosophical logic, epistemology, language theory, philosophy of science, history of ideas and history of philosophy, including Aristotle, Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, Peirce, The Bloomsbury Group, Husserl and Wittgenstein. He has also been active in international scholarly organizations, most recently as the First Vice-President of FISP, Vice-President of IIP and Co-Chair of the American Organizing Committee of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy. He has been Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal \u003cem\u003eSynthese\u003c\/em\u003e and the Managing Editor of \u003cem\u003eSynthese\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLibrary\u003c\/em\u003e since 1965.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30 June 1999\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Netherlands\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780792354772\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e290\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552405291148,"sku":"9780792354772","price":197.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792354772.jpg?v=1784769072","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780792354772","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}