Research on Scientific Reasoning

A Holistic Approach to Scientific Reasoning Based on Hybrid Knowledge Representations and Research Objects

1 MOTIVATION AND GOALS Under the light of current developments in AI it appears the time is ripe for a shared partnership with machines, whereby humans can benefit from augmented reasoning and information management capabilities provided that machines are endowed with the necessary intelligence to assist with such tasks. This seems to be particularly the case of the scientific domain, where som...

Scientific Reasoning and Belief Structure

For explaining theory change, it is important to be able to express which theory is believed to be fundamental and which theory is thought to be true. To achieve this expressive power, I propose theory of belief structures (TBS) that describes belief states not in terms of a set of sentences but by a structure. The dominant formal approach of belief revision, the AGM theory, adopts a conservati...

The Emergence of Scientific Reasoning

Scientific reasoning encompasses the reasoning and problem-solving skills involved in generating, testing and revising hypotheses or theories, and in the case of fully developed skills, reflecting on the process of knowledge acquisition and knowledge change that results from such inquiry activities. Science, as a cultural institution, represents a “hallmark intellectual achievement of the human...

COLLABORATIVE SCIENTIFIC REASONING: HOW PARENTS SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT AND FACILITATE TRANSFER OF A SCIENTIFIC-REASONING STRATEGY by

Computer science research on scientific discovery