BACON machine, scientific discovery and creation——An interpretation on the theory of Simon the representative of AI cognition school

Wei Guo Song · Journal of Southeast University · 2003

Under the guidance of the thought of Induction Machine of F. Bacon, the cognition school on AI led by H. Simon believed that the process of human scientific reference is exactly a heuristic searching process, after a series of calculating simulation research. In other words, the heuristic searching method of human-solving activity is exactly the logic or the method of scientific discovery. And with the aid of the psychology explanation of chosen-search, the secret of science creation can be exposed.

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