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This chapter examines the methods to acquire knowledge. The methods considered are the analytic method, the analytic-synthetic method, the material axiomatic method, and the formal axiomatic method. The chapter also examines the original formulation of these methods, and the relations between them. Since deductive and non-deductive rules play a crucial role in the methods in question, the chapter discusses which of these rules are ampliative, in the sense that the conclusion is not contained in the premisses.
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Cellucci, C. (2017). The Methods of Knowledge. In: Rethinking Knowledge. European Studies in Philosophy of Science, vol 4. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53237-0_12
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