Truth-Seeking by Abduction

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Niiniluoto, Ilkka (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science ; 400
• Θέματα: Epistemology.; Linguistics.; Mathematical logic.; Logic.; Philosophy and science.; Theoretical Linguistics.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.; Philosophy of Science.

This book examines the philosophical conception of abductive reasoning as developed by Charles S. Peirce, the founder of American pragmatism. It explores the historical and systematic connections of Peirce's original ideas and debates about their interpretations. Abduction is understood in a br...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Chapter 1. Peirce on Abduction
• Chapter 2. Analysis and Synthesis
• Chapter 3. Abduction and Logic
• Chapter 4. Inverse Problems
• Chapter 5. Abduction as Discovery and Pursuit
• Chapter 6. Abduction and Confirmation
• Chapter 7. Inference to the Best Explanation
• Chapter 8. Abduction and Truthlikeness
• Chapter 9. Abduction and Scientific Realism
• Bibliography
• Index.