Rationality in the Discovery of Empirical Laws |
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Authors: | Erik Weber |
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Institution: | (1) Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Universiteit Gent, Blandijnberg 2, B-9000 Gent, Belgium |
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Abstract: | In this paper I argue against the traditional viewthat in discovery processes there is no place forrational decisions. First I argue that some historicalprocesses in which an empirical law was developed,were rational. Second, I identify some of themethodological rules that we can follow in order to berational when constructing an empirical law. Finally,I argue that people who deny that scientific discoverycan be rational do not understand the nature ofmethodological rules. |
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Keywords: | discovery Feyerabend Kepler rationality |
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