Morphodynamical abduction. Causation by attractors dynamics of explanatory hypotheses in science

Foundations of Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-132

  Magnani, Lorenzo ^a   Piazza, Matteo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abduction; Attractors dynamics; Dynamic systems; Scientific discovery

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTION; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; CONCEPTUAL CHANGE; DYNAMICAL APPROACHES; SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY; SCIENTIFIC ENTERPRISE; SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 29544442950     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10699-005-3008-3     Document Type: Article

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