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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?
An earlier version of this paper was read at the Pittsburgh Colloquium in the History and Philosophy of Science, April 7, 1976.
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Koertge, N. (1980). Analysis as a Method of Discovery During the Scientific Revolution. In: Cohen, R.S., Wartofsky, M.W. (eds) A Portrait of Twenty-five Years. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5345-1_17
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