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The art of abduction /

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A defense of the rationality of adductive inference from the criticisms of Bayesian theorists.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Douven, Igor (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2022].
Subjects:
Abduction (Logic)
Reasoning.
Practical reason.
Bayesian statistical decision theory.
Table of Contents:
  • What is abduction?
  • The psychology of abduction
  • Facing the challenges
  • A closer look at scoring
  • The ecological rationality of abduction
  • The view from social epistemology
  • An abductive response to the skeptic.