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.
€139.09
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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.
Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 239 ● ISBN 9781402039072 ● Dimensione 1.6 MB ● Casa editrice Springer Netherland ● Città Dordrecht ● Paese NL ● Pubblicato 2006 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 2147373 ● Protezione dalla copia DRM sociale
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