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Hilpinen's Theory of Inquiry

Olsson, Erik J LU (2022) In Synthese Library - Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science 454. p.175-191
Abstract
Risto Hilpinen’s name is associated with seminal contributions to many areas of analytic philosophy, including influential work on deontic logic and the theory of artifacts, as well as important early investigations into inductive logic and indefeasibility analyses of knowledge. A somewhat lesser known body of Hilpinen’s work concerns the theory of inquiry, whereby the central questions are how to conceptualize and understand human investigations from a general epistemological perspective. The present contribution traces the development of Hilpinen’s theory of inquiry through his main contributions to the topic in the 1980s and 1990s with special attention to how the problems in the initial formulation of the theory were eventually given... (More)
Risto Hilpinen’s name is associated with seminal contributions to many areas of analytic philosophy, including influential work on deontic logic and the theory of artifacts, as well as important early investigations into inductive logic and indefeasibility analyses of knowledge. A somewhat lesser known body of Hilpinen’s work concerns the theory of inquiry, whereby the central questions are how to conceptualize and understand human investigations from a general epistemological perspective. The present contribution traces the development of Hilpinen’s theory of inquiry through his main contributions to the topic in the 1980s and 1990s with special attention to how the problems in the initial formulation of the theory were eventually given more detailed and convincing solutions. (Less)
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Risto Hilpinen, Theory of inquiry, Knowledge, Belief revision, Artifacts
host publication
Agency, Norms, Inquiry, and Artifacts : Essays in Honor of Risto Hilpinen - Essays in Honor of Risto Hilpinen
series title
Synthese Library - Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science
editor
McNamara, Paul ; Jones, Andrew J. I. and Brown, Mark A.
volume
454
pages
17 pages
publisher
Springer
external identifiers
  • scopus:85128620954
ISSN
0166-6991
2542-8292
ISBN
978-3-030-90749-5
978-3-030-90751-8
978-3-030-90748-8
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-90749-5_9
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English
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278f9c58-b069-40fe-ad05-312972ddc023
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  title        = {{Hilpinen's Theory of Inquiry}},
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