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Definition of Heuristic rule
1. Noun. A commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem.
Generic synonyms: Formula, Rule
Specialized synonyms: Lateral Thinking
Derivative terms: Heuristic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heuristic Rule
Literary usage of Heuristic rule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Formal Bases of Law by Giorgio Del Vecchio (1914)
"While Kant saw in the teleo- logical principle a heuristic rule as regards positive
research, he himself (as Del Vecchio proves) applied this same heuristic ..."
2. The Modern Legal Philosophy Series by Association of American Law Schools (1914)
"While Kant saw in the teleological principle a heuristic rule as regards positive
research, he himself (as Del Vecchio proves) applied this same heuristic ..."
3. The British Journal of Homoeopathy edited by John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell (1883)
"... regarded and serve as a heuristic rule for the search for specific remedies;
but it can never lead to the discovery and formulating of a law of nature, ..."
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