ABDUCTIVE REASONING LOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO DISCOVERY AND EXPLANATION /

• Main Author: ALISEDA, ATOCHA (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Synthese Library ; 330
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Epistemology.; Logic.; Philosophy and science.; Pragmatism.; Artificial intelligence.; Philosophy of Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).

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 foundat...

Table of Contents:

• 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.