Bücher der Reihe Origins: Studies in the Sources of Scientific Creativity

This collection of papers contains historical case studies, systematic contributions of a general nature, and applications to specific sciences.

Central to this change were the advent of paraconsistent logics, the shift in attention from finished theories to construction processes, and the recognition that most scientific theories were at some point either internally inconsistent or incompatible with other accepted findings. Is it ever rational to accept an inconsistent theory?

Against the romantic conception, it is rejected that discoveries are produced by unstructured flashes of insight.An especially important result of the contemporary study concerns the availability of (descriptive and normative) models for explaining discoveries and creative processes.

This collection of papers contains historical case studies, systematic contributions of a general nature, and applications to specific sciences.

Central to this change were the advent of paraconsistent logics, the shift in attention from finished theories to construction processes, and the recognition that most scientific theories were at some point either internally inconsistent or incompatible with other accepted findings. Is it ever rational to accept an inconsistent theory?