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tools-to-theories heuristic: a standalone construct

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the heuristic by which scientists' familiar tools, such as statistical methods, become metaphors for new theories of the phenomena they study.

In history of science, tools-to-theories heuristic refers to the heuristic by which scientists' familiar tools, such as statistical methods, become metaphors for new theories of the phenomena they study. This meaning comes from Gigerenzer (1991) in Psychological Review.[1]

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  1. Gigerenzer, G. (1991). From tools to theories: A heuristic of discovery in cognitive psychology. Psychological Review, 98(2), 254-267. https://doi.org/10.1037/0033-295x.98.2.254

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