Inquiry as Inquiry: A Logic of Scientific Discovery

by Jaakko Hintikka

Book Overview

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, viz., the virtual identity...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 079235477X
• ISBN13: 9780792354772
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"