Invention vs. Discovery

  • Authors:
  • Carlotta Piscopo;Mauro Birattari

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • DS '02 Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Discovery Science
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

The paper proposes an epistemological analysis of the dichotomy discovery/invention. In particular, we argue in favor of the idea that science does not discover facts by induction but rather invents theories that are then checked against experience.