Abduction, Reason and Science: Processes of Discovery and Explanation - Couverture rigide

Magnani, L.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0306465140 ISBN 13 : 9780306465147

Editeur : Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y., 2001

Synopsis

This volume explores abduction (inference to explanatory hypotheses), an important but neglected topic in scientific reasoning. My aim is to inte- grate philosophical, cognitive, and computational issues, while also discuss- ing some cases of reasoning in science and medicine. The main thesis is that abduction is a significant kind of scientific reasoning, helpful in delineating the first principles of a new theory of science. The status of abduction is very controversial. When dealing with abduc- tive reasoning misinterpretations and equivocations are common. What are the differences between abduction and induction? What are the differences between abduction and the well-known hypothetico-deductive method? What did Peirce mean when he considered abduction a kind of inference? Does abduction involve only the generation of hypotheses or their evaluation too? Are the criteria for the best explanation in abductive reasoning epis- temic, or pragmatic, or both? How many kinds of abduction are there? The book aims to increase knowledge about creative and expert infer- ences. The study of these high-level methods of abductive reasoning is situ- ated at the crossroads of philosophy, epistemology, artificial intel1igence, cognitive psychology, and logic; that is, at the heart of cognitive science. Philosophers of science in the twentieth century have traditionally distin- guished between the inferential processes active in the logic of discovery and the ones active in logic of justification.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Plenum Publishing Co.,N.Y.
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0306465140
• ISBN 13: 9780306465147
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 222
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