Structural Rules for Abduction

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Published 18-12-2009
DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.453
Ilka Niiniluoto

Abstract

Atocha Aliseda gives in Abductive Reasoning (2006) a structural characterization of the forward explanatory reasoning from a theory to observational data. This paper discusses the converse problem of giving structural rules for the backward abductive reasoning from observations to explanatory theories.

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Niiniluoto, I. (2009). Structural Rules for Abduction. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 22(3), 325–329. https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.453
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Keywords

abduction, deduction, explanation, induction, non-monotonic logic, structural rules

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Vol. 22 No. 3 (2007): On Atocha Aliseda's _Abductive Reasoning_
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FORUM

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