%0 Journal Article %T Pragm¨¢tica da investiga£¿£¿o cient¨ªfica: uma abordagem nomol¨®gica %A Dutra %A Luiz Henrique %A Mortari %A Cezar %A Brzozowski %A Jerzy %A Batista %A Thiagus %J Scientiae Studia %D 2011 %I Universidade de S?o Paulo %R 10.1590/S1678-31662011000100009 %X this paper aims to discuss a typical event of scientific activity - namely, the publication of scientific papers - from the point of view of the pragmatics of scientific investigation combined with the perspective of patrick suppes regarding what would be a free choice. first, suppes' idea of introducing a measure for freedom is presented. secondly, an outline of the conception of pragmatics of scientific investigation is given. finally, an interpretation of a trajectory of investigation in terms of markov chains is presented. %K pragmatics of investigation %K markov chains %K free choice %K scientific papers %K patrick suppes. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1678-31662011000100009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en