Abductive reasoning : logical investigations into discovery and explanation /

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Author / Creator:Aliseda, Atocha.
Imprint:Dordrecht, The Netherlands : Springer, c2006.
Description:xvi, 225 p. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Synthese library ; 330
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6114475
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ISBN:1402039069 (hbk.)
9781402039065
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-217) and indexes.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Logics of generation and evaluation
  • 2. What is abduction?
  • 3. Abduction as logical inference
  • 4. Abduction as computation
  • 5. Scientific explanation
  • 6. Empirical progress
  • 7. Pragmatism
  • 8. Epistemic change.