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Compositional abduction and scientific interpretation : a granular approach /

"The novel theory of compositional abduction developed in this book provides a theory of confirmation that will be of interest to philosophers of science, especially those working on hypothetico-deductive confirmation, Peirce's view of abduction, inference to the best explanation, and New...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aizawa, Kenneth, 1961- (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2025.
Subjects:
Abduction (Logic)
Reasoning.
Inference.
Science > Methodology.
Science > Philosophy.
Hypothesis.
Hypothèse.
Abduction (Logique)
Inférence (Logique)
Sciences > Méthodologie.
Hypothesis
Science > Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"The novel theory of compositional abduction developed in this book provides a theory of confirmation that will be of interest to philosophers of science, especially those working on hypothetico-deductive confirmation, Peirce's view of abduction, inference to the best explanation, and New Mechanism"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 260 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781009435710
100943571X
9781009435727
1009435728
DOI:10.1017/9781009435710