"These rapidly moving fields are fields where a particular method of doing scientific research is systematically used and taught, an accumulative method of inductive inference that is so effective that I think it should be given the name of ‘strong inference.’"
“We may write our scientific papers so that it looks as if we had steps 1, 2, and 3 in mind all along. But in between, we do busywork”
“Any conclusion that is not an exclusion is insecure and must be rechecked”
“science advances only by disproofs”
“a theory is not a theory unless it can be disproved”
“we need to try to formulate multiple alternative hypotheses sharp enough to be capable of disproof.”
“be explicit and formal and regular about it [the inductive method]”
vs. method-oriented
“devote a half hour or an hour to analytical thinking every day”
“write out the logical tree and the alternatives and crucial experiments in a permanent notebook”
which elements are integrated with each other?
in what order?
what are they integrated into? -> RQ: are there intermediate abstract representations?
Vorige avond heeft de kook de kat getrapt
Last night the chef kicked the cat
Vorige avond werd de kat door de kook getrapt
Last night the cat was kicked by the chef
We compute intermediate abstract representations (i.e. ‘agent’ and ’patient) as we integrate sentence elements.
Word order and verb passive markers will be integrated into an “agent” concept independently of word semantics.
-> If true, neural pattern when reading first and second noun will differ early on
-> neural patterns will differ whether related to semantic content or “agent” concept