Abductive Reasoning: Logical Investigations into Discovery and Explanation is a much awaited original contribution to the study of abductive reasoning, providing logical foundations and a rich sample of pertinent applications. Divided into three parts on the conceptual framework, the logical foundations, and the applications, this monograph takes the reader for a comprehensive and erudite tour through the taxonomy of abductive reasoning, via the logical workings of abductive inference ending with applications pertinent to scientific explanation, empirical progress, pragmatism and belief revision.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
LOGICS OF GENERATION AND EVALUATION.- WHAT IS ABDUCTION? OVERVIEW AND PROPOSAL FOR INVESTIGATION.- ABDUCTION AS LOGICAL INFERENCE.- ABDUCTION AS COMPUTATION.- SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION.- EMPIRICAL PROGRESS.- PRAGMATISM.- EPISTEMIC CHANGE.
Sprache Englisch ● Format PDF ● Seiten 239 ● ISBN 9781402039072 ● Dateigröße 1.6 MB ● Verlag Springer Netherland ● Ort Dordrecht ● Land NL ● Erscheinungsjahr 2006 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 2147373 ● Kopierschutz Soziales DRM
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