Abductive Reasoning in Science
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in the Philosophy of Science
ISBN-10
1009353187
ISBN-13
9781009353182
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
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GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 17th, 2024
Print length
82 Pages
Weight
134 grams
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15.10 x 23.00 x 1.00 cms
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This Element gives an opinionated overview of both accounts of abductive reasoning that have been proposed and the problems that have motivated them. It evaluates these accounts towards a systematic view of the nature and purpose of abductive reasoning in science. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
In abductive reasoning, scientific theories are evaluated on the basis of how well they would explain the available evidence. There are a number of subtly different accounts of this type of reasoning, most of which are inspired by the popular slogan ''Inference to the Best Explanation.'' However, these accounts disagree about exactly how to spell out the slogan so as to avoid various problems for abductive reasoning. This Element aims, firstly, to give an opinionated overview both of the many accounts of abductive reasoning that have been proposed and the problems that have motivated them; and, secondly, to critically evaluate these accounts in a way that points toward a systematic view of the nature and purpose of abductive reasoning in science. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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