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Abductive Reasoning: Logical Investigations into Discovery and Explanation

By Atocha Aliseda

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2006
ISBN
9781402039065, 9781402039072, 1402039069
DOI
10.1007/1-4020-3907-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1094285 bytes)
Series
Synthese Library 330
Pages
245\245
Topic
Mathematics Logic
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
no
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Philosophy of Science; Logic; Epistemology; Artifi

Description

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. "The book is an excellent contribution to the study of abductive reasoning. It applies logical techniques to important problems in the philosophy of science. The new results are also interesting for artificial intelligence." Prof. Ilkka Niiniluoto, University of Helsinki, Finland

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