Table of contents for Scientific discovery processes in humans and computers : theory and research in psychology and artificial intelligence / Morton Wagman.

Contents

Illustrations                                          ix
Preface                                                 xi
Acknowledgments                                             xv

PART I: HUMAN SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY PROCESSES

1. Conceptual Discovery in Molecular Genetics                     3
   Scientific Reasoning and Discovery in Molecular Genetics       3
2. Scientific Discovery Heuristics and Developmental Level       39
   Scientific Reasoning and Developmental Differences:Overview   39

PART II: COMPUTER SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY PROCESSES

3. Mathematical Discovery     63
    Mathematical Discovery and Artificial Intelligence      63
    Functional Transformations in Scientific Discovery Systems        67
4. Explanatory Systems and Scientific Discovery Processes   85
    Explanatory Coherence and the ECHO System          85
    Coherence and the Computational Account of Creativity        91
5. The Evolution of Scientific Discovery Systems       103
     Scientific Discovery Systems and Philosophy of Science      103
6. Artificial Intelligence Discovery in Chemistry 131
    Discovery in Chemistry and the MECHEM System  131
7. Artificial Intelligence Discoveries in Particle Physics  141
    Artificial Intelligence Discovery of a New Theorem in Particle
    Physics                                                                          141

PART III: HUMAN AND COMPUTER SCIENTIFIC
DISCOVERY PROCESSES

8. General Processes of Scientific Discovery          153
    Scientific Discovery and Artificial Intelligence                         153
    Experimental Rediscovery of Kepler's Third Law                 156
    Scientific Discovery and Human Intellect                       160
    Discovery and a General Theory of Intelligence                           163
9. Computational Simulation of Scientific Discovery Processes    167
    Artificial Intelligence and the Processes of Scientific Discovery           167

PART IV: CONCLUSIONS

10. Scientific Problem Types and Computational Discovery Systems           177

Bibliography   181

Author Index   193

Subject Index  197