
Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Berlin
Year: 1974
Pages: 211-233
Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science
ISBN (Hardback): 9789027703781
Full citation:
, "The divergent-convergent method", in: Methodological and historical essays in the natural and social sciences, Berlin, Springer, 1974


The divergent-convergent method
a heuristic approach to problem-solving
pp. 211-233
in: Robert S. Cohen, Mark W. Wartofsky (eds), Methodological and historical essays in the natural and social sciences, Berlin, Springer, 1974Abstract
How to approach the solution of an open scientific problem, i.e., one for which we do not know a determinate method or an algorithmic procedure for its solution. Which means exist for this purpose?
Publication details
Publisher: Springer
Place: Berlin
Year: 1974
Pages: 211-233
Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science
ISBN (Hardback): 9789027703781
Full citation:
, "The divergent-convergent method", in: Methodological and historical essays in the natural and social sciences, Berlin, Springer, 1974