Epistemic Obstacles and the Marriage of Fantasy to Rigor: A Response to Suchting.

Ohlsson, Stellan

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ERIC Number: EJ520667

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Publication Date: 1995

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Epistemic Obstacles and the Marriage of Fantasy to Rigor: A Response to Suchting.

Ohlsson, Stellan

Science and Education, v4 n4 p379-89 Oct 1995

Responds to Wallis Suchting's essay on the nature of scientific thought. Argues that there are obstacles to knowledge and that scientific thought, to be successful, must adapt itself to those obstacles. Concludes that the combination of imagination and formalization is universal throughout post-Galilean science. (JRH)

Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Logical Thinking, Science Education, Thinking Skills

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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