Pragmática da investiga？？o científica: uma abordagem nomológica

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.