Discoverability: The Urgent Need of an Ecology of Human Creativity (Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning, 26)

The book analyses the concept of discoverability, and some current epistemological problems related to it, with a special attention to science. It shows that discoverability is closely related to the sustainability of human creativity in an "eco-cognitive" perspective. Advocating the need of an integral ecology and leveraging the important concept of abduction, it demonstrates that an ecology of human creativity should have priority over other needs, i.e that the first ecological duty is to protect and sustain discoverability. Enhancing discoverability will protect human creativity, and it is exactly human creativity, a form of innovative abductive cognition, that can promote the implementation of the other kinds of ecology. The author guides readers through a comprehensive discussion on the concept of discoverability, eco-cognitive situatedness, and eco-cognitive openness and closure alike. By describing some key real-world examples, he highlights the main challenges that are currently posed to human creativity and epistemic integrity. He also describes future eco-cognitive settings, discussing the problem of overcomputationalism and suggesting a reinterpretation of the role of human knowledge. Overall, this book fills an important gap in the literature on the nexus abduction – creativity – discovery, offering a source of inspiration to philosophers, epistemologists, and cognitive scientists. Yet, it also addresses researchers in other disciplines interested in the problems of scientific discovery and epistemic integrity of research. Preface Reference Contents 1 Discoverability Explained 1.1 Sustaining Discoverability: Towards an Ecology of Human Creative Cognition 1.2 The Eco-Cognitive Model of Abduction (EC-model) 1.3 Abduction and the Optimization of Eco-Cognitive Situatedness 1.4 Irrelevance and Implausibility Defended 1.5 Identifying the Optimization of Eco-Cognitive Situatedness in a Logical Perspective 1.5.1 The Importance of ``Optimally Positioning'' Input and Output Appendix: Abduction as the Eco-Cognitive Production of a Deduction Summary References 2 Curing Eco-Cognitive Situatedness 2.1 Various Types of Abduction Depend on the Character of Eco-Cognitive Situatedness 2.1.1 ``Ecological Validity'': Data as Appropriate Affordances that Trigger Abductive Cognition 2.1.2 Affordances, Diagnosticability, and Creative Abduction: The Plasticity of Environmental Situatedness 2.2 Discoverability and Diagnosticability through Affordance Creation 2.2.1 Latent Constraints 2.2.2 Creating Chances through Manipulating Artifacts and External Representations 2.3 Curing Eco-Cognitive Situatedness to Favor Abductive Cognition 2.4 Protecting the Inferential View of Abduction, Affordances, and Cognitive Niches Summary References 3 Eco-Cognitive Openness and Eco-Cognitive Closure 3.1 Locked and Unlocked Strategies in Natural and Artificial Cognition 3.1.1 Reading Ahead 3.2 Locked Abductive Strategies Defeat the Eco-Cognitive Openness 3.3 Locking Strategies Restricts Creativity 3.4 Governing Diagnosticability and Discoverability: Confinement, Filter Bubbles, and Ignorance 3.4.1 Disfigured Affordances, Adversarial Abduction, and Fake Diagnosticability (and Discoverability) 3.5 Maximizing Discoverability in Scientific Discovery: The Centrality of Eco-Cognitive Openness 3.5.1 ``Knowledge in Motion'' Defended: Favoring Scientific Abduction through the Maximization of Eco-Cognitive Openness 3.5.2 Marketing Technoscientific Results Summary References 4 Jeopardizing Discoverability 4.1 Jeopardizing Human Creative Abduction Through Impoverished Epistemic Niches 4.1.1 Epistemic Irresponsibility I: Expensive Drugs Now and the Undisciplined Commodification of Abduction in Science 4.1.2 Epistemic Irresponsibility II: How to Avoid the Eco-Cognitive Shutdown of Creative Abduction 4.1.3 Epistemic Irresponsibility III: Neoliberalism Assaults to Epistemic Integrity of Biopharmaceutical Research 4.2 Optimizing the Eco-Cognitive Situatedness: Human Creative Abduction between Academia and Corporations 4.2.1 ``The Symbiotic Model of Innovation'' and the Precompetitive Collaborations Summary References 5 The Future of Eco-Cognitive Settings 5.1 Protecting Ignorance: Beyond Overcomputationalization 5.1.1 Pancognitivism, Paninformationalism, Pancomputationalism 5.1.2 Protecting Ignorant Entities 5.2 The Future of Eco-Cognitive Settings 5.2.1 Computational Invasive ``Subcultures'' Undermine Human Creative Abduction in Science 5.2.2 Science Impoverished: Encouraging Epistemic Irresponsibility through Ignorance 5.3 Enhancing Discoverability 5.3.1 Tracking the External World I: Enhancing Predictive Knowledge 5.3.2 Tracking the External World II: The Role of Scientific Knowledge 5.3.3 Tracking Human Behavior: Rendering Human Behavior Predictable Through Ethics Summary References Conclusion Lexicon of Discoverability References Index The Book Addresses The Enhancement Of Discoverability And Consequently, The Sustainability Of Human Creativity In An Eco-cognitive Perspective That Takes Advantage Of The Important Concept Of Abduction, With Special Attention To Science. Advocating The Need Of An Integral Ecology, Human Creativity Is So Fundamental That Discoverability Strongly Suggests That An Ecology Of Human Creativity Has Priority Over The Others. The First Ecological Duty Is To Protect And Sustain Discoverability And, Consequently, Human Creativity Because It Is Exactly Human Creativity—innovative Abductive Cognition—that Can Grant The Implementation Of The Other Kinds Of Ecology. Curing Discoverability Should Also Shed New Light On The Current Negative Challenges To Human Creativity And, Consequently, On The Obstacles To The Cognitive And Social Flourishing Of Human Beings. This Volume Tackles Discoverability, Eco-cognitive Situatedness As Well As Eco-cognitive Openness And Closure. It Also Examines How Human Creative Abduction Is Attacked And The Future Of Eco-cognitive Settings. This Volume Is Of Interest To Philosophers, Epistemologists, And Cognitive Scientists.