Abstract
Piecemeal knowledge-formation (to be distinguished from the production of syntheses of knowledge) may be described as a sequence of acts as follows:
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A cognitive problem is raised, i.e. a problem, the solution of which deserves to be confirmed.
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A set of hypotheses (h, h’, h”,...) is framed each one of which could be accepted as a solution of the problem, provided that it deserves to be confirmed.
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A testing plan for (h, h’, h”,...) is designed. This plan consists of subplans for subsets of (h, h’, h”,...). For the sake of simplicity I will confine my attention to a single hypothesis A in the set (h, h’, h”,...).
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A testing plan for h is implemented. As a result a body e of information is collected, e will be employed as evidence pro or con h.
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A verdict about h is passed in the light of the evidence e. ‘h is (strongly, moderately or weakly) supported by e’, or ‘h is (strongly, moderately or weakly) undermined by e’.
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Törnebohm, H. (1976). On Piecemeal Knowledge-Formation. In: Bogdan, R.J. (eds) Local Induction. Synthese Library, vol 93. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9799-1_12
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