CB: Can we get into a little more what a heuristic is?
Anyone interested in heuristics should consult a wonderful little book called _How to Solve It_ by Georges Polya. The aim of heuristics according to Polya is to "study the methods and rules of discovery and invention." People like Polya (and those he influenced like Michael Polanyi) and C. S. Peirce (and his follower Norwood Hanson) believe that there is a "logic of discovery." mat
