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The Algorithm of Discovery: Making Discoveries on Demand

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Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems

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According to our hypothesis the Algorithm of Discovery should be an evolutionary component of the Primary Language of the human brain (as introduced by J. von Neumann in 1957). In our research we identified two such components, Linguistic Geometry (LG), and the Algorithm of Discovery. We suggested that both components are mental realities “hard-wired” in the human brain. LG is a formal model of human reasoning about armed conflict, an evolutionary product of millions of years of human warfare. In this paper we focus on discovering the Algorithm of Discovery, the foundation of all the discoveries throughout the history of humanity. This Algorithm is based on multiple thought experiments, which manifest themselves and are controlled by the mental visual streams. This paper reports results of our investigation of the major components of the Algorithm of Discovery with special emphasis on constructing a series of models and mosaic reasoning. Those approaches are demonstrated briefly on discoveries of the No-Search Approach in LG, the structure of DNA, and the theory of Special Relativity.

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    Boris Stilman

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  1. and Technology, JAIST - Japan Advanced Institute for Sci, Kanazawa, Japan

    Susumu Kunifuji

  2. Dept of Computer Science, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

    George Angelos Papadopoulos

  3. Dept. of Automatic Control & Biom. Eng., AGH University of Science and Technology, Kraków, Poland

    Andrzej M.J. Skulimowski

  4. Systems Res Inst, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Janusz Kacprzyk  

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Stilman, B. (2016). The Algorithm of Discovery: Making Discoveries on Demand. In: Kunifuji, S., Papadopoulos, G., Skulimowski, A., Kacprzyk  , J. (eds) Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 416. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27478-2_1

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