Analysis as a method of discovery during the scientific revolution
pp. 238-256
in: Robert S. Cohen, Mark W. Wartofsky (eds), A portrait of twenty-five years, Berlin, Springer, 1985Abstrakt
This conference addresses the philosophical problem: Is there a logic of discovery? My paper deals with the following historical problems: Did scientists at the time of the Scientific Revolution believe there was a logic of discovery? If so, what was it? How, if at all, did it influence their scientific practice?