The Hope of Progress

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Induction and Intuition in Scientific Thought The author says in his preface: 'These lectures began in my mind in the form of a question: why are most scientists completely indifferent to-even contemptuous of-scientific methodology ? ... the answer could only be "because what passes for scientific methodology is a misrepresentation of what scientists do or ought to do". I therefore thought it important to explain what is wrong with the traditional methodology of "inductive" reasoning... and to show that the alternative scheme of reasoning associated with the names of Whewell and Peirce and Popper can give the scientist a certain limited but useful insight into the way he thinks'. 'Medawar has demonstrated such outstanding capacity as an experimentálist, and as an interpreter of experiments, that a book by him on scientific thinking is exciting____There is a felicitous phrase on nearly every page along with much information and shrewd comment.' The Times Educational Supplement The... Tovább

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Induction and Intuition in Scientific Thought The author says in his preface: 'These lectures began in my mind in the form of a question: why are most scientists completely indifferent to-even contemptuous of-scientific methodology ? ... the answer could only be "because what passes for scientific methodology is a misrepresentation of what scientists do or ought to do". I therefore thought it important to explain what is wrong with the traditional methodology of "inductive" reasoning... and to show that the alternative scheme of reasoning associated with the names of Whewell and Peirce and Popper can give the scientist a certain limited but useful insight into the way he thinks'. 'Medawar has demonstrated such outstanding capacity as an experimentálist, and as an interpreter of experiments, that a book by him on scientific thinking is exciting____There is a felicitous phrase on nearly every page along with much information and shrewd comment.' The Times Educational Supplement The Art of the Soluble This collection of essays gives the views of the author on creativity and originality in science and the logical connections between creative and critical thought. It is alsó a pioneering study of the ethology of scientists-of the anatomy of scientific behaviour. 'Professor Medawar is one of the few outstanding scientists who has time for philosophy and an informed appreciation of what it can and cannot contribute to the illumination of science The essays are mostly short but there is a good deal in them. They are alsó very readable.' New Statesman Vissza