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Abduction, Reason and Science: Processes of Discovery and Explanation
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1559910 in Books
- Published on: 2001-03
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 224 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
This new book, "Abduction, Reason, and Science" contributes to this research in several interesting ways. Firstly, it ties together the concerns of philosophers of science and AI researchers, showing for example the connections between scientific thinking and medical expert systems. Secondly, it lays out a useful general framework for discussion of a variety of kinds of abduction. Thirdly, 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. The author has provided a valuable contribution to the renaissance of research on explanatory reasoning.
