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Abduction, Reason and Science : Processes of Discovery and Explanation by Lorenzo Magnani (2001, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSpringer
ISBN-100306465140
ISBN-139780306465147
eBay Product ID (ePID)1911364
Product Key Features
Number of PagesXvii, 205 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameAbduction, Reason and Science : Processes of Discovery and Explanation
SubjectPhilosophy & Social Aspects, Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, Logic, History
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy, Science, Psychology
AuthorLorenzo Magnani
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight38.8 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN00-052061
Dewey Edition21
Number of Volumes1 vol.
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal501
Table Of Content1 Hypothesis Generation.- 2 Theoretical Abduction.- 3 Manipulative Abduction.- 4 Diagnostic Reasoning.- 5 Visual and Temporal Abduction.- 6 Governing Inconsistencies.- 7 Hypothesis Withdrawal in Science.- References.- Author Index.
SynopsisThis 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., 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., This book ties together the concerns of philosophers of science and AI researchers, showing for example the connections between scientific thinking and medical expert systems. It lays out a useful general framework for discussion of a variety of kinds of abduction. It develops important ideas about aspects of abductive reasoning that have been relatively neglected in cognitive science, including the use of visual and temporal representations and the role of abduction in the withdrawal of hypotheses.
LC Classification NumberQ174-175.3
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