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.
Author: Atocha Aliseda
Publisher: Springer
Published: 11/19/2010
Pages: 239
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.54d
ISBN13: 9789048169931
ISBN10: 9048169933
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Philosophy | Epistemology
- Philosophy | Logic