HYPOTHESES AND PROOF IN COGNITIVE RESEARCH OF VERBAL MEANS OF SCIENTIFIC NON-LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION: THE ROLE OF METACOGNITION IN ACHIEVING GOALS

HYPOTHESES AND PROOF IN COGNITIVE RESEARCH OF VERBAL MEANS OF SCIENTIFIC NON-LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE REPRESENTATION: THE ROLE OF METACOGNITION IN ACHIEVING GOALS

Author:  Drozdova T. V.

Abstract:  The paper deals with the cognitive approach to verbal means of scientific non-linguistic knowledge representation. The prejudice against the results of such investigations is considered as unjustified. The role of metacognition in constructing the logical chain “hypothesis - proof” is highlighted.

Keywords: 
scientific knowledge  ◆  hypothesis  ◆  proof  ◆  verbal means  ◆  metacognition  ◆  cognitive methods