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  1. Epistemology and the Theory of Problem Solving - JSTOR

    EPISTEMOLOGY AND THE THEORY OF PROBLEM SOLVING. ABSTRACT. Problem solving has recently become a central topic both in the philoso phy of science and in cognitive science. This paper integrates approaches to problem solving from these two disciplines and discusses the epistemological consequences of.

  2. Epistemic Logic and Epistemology - University of California ...

    This chapter provides a brief introduction to propositional epistemic logic and its applications to epistemology. No previous exposure to epis-temic logic is assumed. Epistemic-logical topics discussed include the lan-guage and semantics of basic epistemic logic, multi-agent epistemic logic,

  3. Educating Critical Thinkers: The Role of Epistemic Cognition

    The evidence supporting the importance of epistemic cognition, inside and outside of the classroom, has led to a growing body of intervention research. However, more research can reveal how to best position teachers and students to develop and enact productive epistemic cognition.

  4. Epistemic Logic - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

    Epistemic logic is a subfield of philosophical logic concerned with logical approaches to knowledge, belief, and related notions. Though any logic with an epistemic interpretation may be called an epistemic logic, the most widespread type of epistemic logics in use at present are modal logics.

  5. Epistemology and the theory of problem solving | Synthese

    The paper first analyzes problem solving as getting a true answer to a question. It then explores some stages of cognitive activity relevant to question answering that have been delineated by historians and philosophers of science and by cognitive psychologists and artificial intelligencers.

  6. LOGIC FOR PROBLEM SOLVING - Imperial College London

    CHAPTER 1. Although the focus of the book is on understanding logical inference in problem solving terms, I wanted to emphasize the declarative nature of logic by devoting the rst two chapters to the topics of semantics and knowledge representation.

  7. Epistemology and the theory of problem solving - PhilPapers

    The paper first analyzes problem solving as getting a true answer to a question. It then explores some stages of cognitive activity relevant to question answering that have been delineated by historians and philosophers of science and by cognitive psychologists and artificial intelligencers.

  8. Introduction to Epistemic Logic and Epistemology

    As already mentioned regarding both areas, there are many different solutions, but the two I will consider along this research are the view of Awareness Justification Internalism (AJI) for Epistemology and Awareness Logic (AL) for Epistemic Logic.

  9. Epistemology and Logic - JSTOR

    solving a logico-mathematical problem on the epistemological attitude in which the problem is viewed. The problem in question is fundamental both in mathematics and logic. Mathematically it is of modern origin, namely: Cantor's continuum problem of ascertaining the place of the power of the continuum in the series of alephs, a problem which was

  10. Questioning and problems in philosophy of science: Problem ...

    My topic is the role of questions, problems, and problem solving in epistemology. I shall survey some philosophical differences between problem-solving and directly truth-seeking...