âIntelligentâ Computer Systems and Theory Comparison

Piotr Giza

âIntelligentâ Computer Systems and Theory Comparison

In: On Comparing and Evaluating Scientific Theories

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Piotr Giza

Piotr Giza Department of Philosophy, Maria Curie-SkÅodowska University, M. Curie-SkÅodowskiej 4, 20-031, Lublin, Poland

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Pages:: 89â103

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004457775_006

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The article attemps to answer the question of whether, and to what extent, contemporary computer systems designed to make scientific discoveries are capable of comparing and deciding between rival theories and hypotheses that exist in a certain domain of science. I analyze the way these systems perform their task and show the differences between computer reasoning and human thought. I conclude with the claim that computer systems, even the most âintelligentâ ones, require some additional ad hoc heuristics that introduce human intuition, but these systems more efficiently analyze the vast amounts of information necessary to compare theories.

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On Comparing and Evaluating Scientific Theories

Series:Â PoznaÅ Studies in the Philosophy of the Sciences and the Humanities, Volume: 72

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004457775

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2000

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  - Epistemology & Metaphysics
  - Philosophy of Science

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