Understanding Natural Science Based on Abductive Inference: Continental Drift
- Title
- Understanding Natural Science Based on Abductive Inference: Continental Drift
- Author
- 오준영
- Keywords
- *NATURAL history; *INFERENCE (Logic); *CONTINENTAL drift; *EVOLUTION (Biology); *COMPARATIVE studies; *PROBLEM solving
- Issue Date
- 2014-06
- Publisher
- Springer Science + Business Media
- Citation
- Foundations of Science. Jun2014, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p153-174. 22p.
- Abstract
- This study aims to understand scientific inference for the evolutionary procedure of Continental Drift based on abductive inference, which is important for creative inference and scientific discovery during problem solving. We present the following two research problems: (1) we suggest a scientific inference procedure as well as various strategies and a criterion for choosing hypotheses over other competing or previous hypotheses; aspects of this procedure include puzzling observation, abduction, retroduction, updating, deduction, induction, and recycle; and (2) we analyze the 'theory of continental drift' discovery, called the Earth science revolution, using our multistage inference procedure. Wegener's Continental Drift hypothesis had an impact comparable to the revolution caused by Darwin's theory of evolution in biology. Finally, the suggested inquiry inference model can provide us with a more consistent view of science and promote a deeper understanding of scientific concepts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- URI
- http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10699-013-9322-2http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/47814
- ISSN
- 1233-1821
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10699-013-9322-2
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- CENTER FOR CREATIVE CONVERGENCE EDUCATION[S](창의융합교육원) > ETC
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