Abductive Reasoning

Logical Investigations into Discovery and Explanation

Atocha Aliseda (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

239 Seiten

2006
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4020-3906-5 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.2.2006
Reihe/Serie	Synthese Library ; 330
Zusatzinfo	XVI, 239 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
	Naturwissenschaften
Schlagworte	Wissenschaftsphilosophie
ISBN-10	1-4020-3906-9 / 1402039069
ISBN-13	978-1-4020-3906-5 / 9781402039065
Zustand	Neuware