A pragmatic logic of scientific discovery

  • Authors:
  • Jean Sallantin;Christopher Dartnell;Mohammad Afshar

  • Affiliations:
  • LIRMM, UMR 5506, Montpellier, France;EURIWARE, Cherbourg-Octeville, France;Ariana Pharmaceuticals, Paris, France

  • Venue:
  • DS'06 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Discovery Science
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

To the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first attempt to formalise a pragmatic logic of scientific discovery in a manner such that it can be realised by scientists assisted by machines. Using Institution Agents, we define a dialectic process to manage contradiction. This allows autoepistemic Institution Agents to learn from a supervised teaching process. We present an industrial application in the field of Drug Discovery, applying our system in the prediction of pharmaco-kinetic properties (ADME-T) and adverse side effects of therapeutic drug molecules.