Journal

Communication & Cognition 2025, Vol. 58, issue 1-2

ISSN

0378-0880

e-ISSN

2953-1454

Title

ALBERT EINSTEIN’S METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF DISCOVERIES AND META-ARGUMENTATION

Author

Robert Djidjian and Hasmik Hovhannisyan 

Pages

pp. 73 - 96

Keywords

Argumentation, idea generation, Einstein’s methodological heritage, meta-argumentation, methodological principles, philosophical presumptions, revolutionary discoveries.

Abstract

The most prominent physicist of the twentieth century, Albert Einstein mentioned some important approaches to fundamental scientific research which he believed to be extremely useful in the quest for unveiling secrets of nature. The first part of this paper presents Einstein’s guides to scientific discoveries as a unity of 5 methodological principles. Being a founder of fundamental scientific concepts Einstein had a rich experience in proving and convincing his contemporaries to abandon old, classical theories and to develop natural sciences in the light of his revolutionary ideas. It is shown in the second part of this paper that Einstein’s scientific heritage contains several invaluable suggestions that could build the basis for the general theory of meta-argumentation.

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