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: | 1st 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 |