Our reasoning evolved not for finding the truth, but for social bonding and convincing. This book highlights the consequences of these facts for scientific practice, and suggests how to correct the mistakes we still make.
Our reasoning evolved not for finding the truth, but for social bonding and convincing. This book highlights the consequences of these facts for scientific practice, and suggests how to correct the mistakes we still make.
André C. R. Martins is an Associate Professor in the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH) at Universidade de São Paulo (USP). He holds a PhD in Theoretical Physics and was Visiting Professor at École Polytechnique, at the Research Center in Applied Epistemology (CREA) in Paris.
Inhaltsangabe
Cognition and knowledge 2. Individual Reasoning 3. Groups and Ideas 4. A need for standards 5. Logic and Artificial Worlds 6. Probabilistic induction and its limits 7. Decisions 8. Dangers of deciding on ideas 9. Theories and Philosophy of Science 10. Auxiliary hypothesis 11. Solomonoff machines 12. On Arguments and fallacies 13. As many as possible 14. Quantum Mechanics 15. Current problems in physics 16. The Humanities 17. Data and theories 18. Conclusion
Cognition and knowledge 2. Individual Reasoning 3. Groups and Ideas 4. A need for standards 5. Logic and Artificial Worlds 6. Probabilistic induction and its limits 7. Decisions 8. Dangers of deciding on ideas 9. Theories and Philosophy of Science 10. Auxiliary hypothesis 11. Solomonoff machines 12. On Arguments and fallacies 13. As many as possible 14. Quantum Mechanics 15. Current problems in physics 16. The Humanities 17. Data and theories 18. Conclusion
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