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.
| ISBN: | 9781402039065 |
| Publication date: | 22nd February 2006 |
| Author: | A Aliseda |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 225 pages |
| Series: | Synthese Library |
| Genres: |
Philosophy: logic Western philosophy from c 1800 Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge Artificial intelligence Philosophy of science |
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.
Abductive Reasoning features in the following genres: Philosophy: logic, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Artificial intelligence, Philosophy of science
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Abductive Reasoning was written by A Aliseda and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Netherlands
Abductive Reasoning has 225 pages
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