ABSTRACT
In this chapter we return to consider the role of the three modes of inference – deduction, induction and abduction – in the acquisition, integration and interpretation of new knowledge. This time, however what is at issue is not information processing by the biological organism (i.e. the mind), but rather information processing by the scientist. In the course of our survey, we will make two – essentially empirical – observations concerning some striking parallels. The first is epistemological:
The information-processing behavior of organized science strongly parallels that of the organism (‘mind’).
