Abductive reasoning: constitutes according to Peirce the "first stage" of scientific inquiries (CP 6.469) and of any interpretive processes. "Abduction" is the process of adopting an explanatory hypothesis (CP 5.145) and covers two operations: the selection and the formation of plausible hypotheses. As process of finding premisses, it is the basis of interpretive reconstruction of causes and intentions, as well as of inventive construction of theories
The central argument of this article is that abduction as a “mode of inference” is a key element in ...
Abstract In pragmatic theories, the notion of inference plays a central role, together with the comm...
Summary. Most logic–based approaches characterize abduction as a kind of back-wards deduction plus a...
The status of abduction is still controversial. When dealing with abductive reasoning misinterpretat...
The purpose of this piece is to provide a critical analysis on some key aspects of abduction, as con...
Abduction is considered the most powerful, but also the most controversially discussed type of infer...
We propose to reconsider abductive reasonning in the context of empirical reasonning, and to investi...
Abductive inference, as defined by Charles S. Peirce, involves (1) observation of a surprising fact,...
Debates concerning the character, scope, and warrant of abductive inference have been active since P...
Current discussions of Explainable AI (XAI) do not much consider the role of abduction in explanat...
Most logic–based approaches characterize abduction as a kind of backwards deduction plus additional ...
The status of abduction is still controversial. When dealing with abductive reasoning misinterpretat...
Abduction* is the genus with deduction and induction as species. Modus tollens is backward reasoning...
While abductive reasoning was formally introduced into the philosophy literature early in the 20th c...
Tomis Kapitan’s work on Peirce’s conception of abduction was instrumental for our coming to see how ...
The central argument of this article is that abduction as a “mode of inference” is a key element in ...
Abstract In pragmatic theories, the notion of inference plays a central role, together with the comm...
Summary. Most logic–based approaches characterize abduction as a kind of back-wards deduction plus a...
The status of abduction is still controversial. When dealing with abductive reasoning misinterpretat...
The purpose of this piece is to provide a critical analysis on some key aspects of abduction, as con...
Abduction is considered the most powerful, but also the most controversially discussed type of infer...
We propose to reconsider abductive reasonning in the context of empirical reasonning, and to investi...
Abductive inference, as defined by Charles S. Peirce, involves (1) observation of a surprising fact,...
Debates concerning the character, scope, and warrant of abductive inference have been active since P...
Current discussions of Explainable AI (XAI) do not much consider the role of abduction in explanat...
Most logic–based approaches characterize abduction as a kind of backwards deduction plus additional ...
The status of abduction is still controversial. When dealing with abductive reasoning misinterpretat...
Abduction* is the genus with deduction and induction as species. Modus tollens is backward reasoning...
While abductive reasoning was formally introduced into the philosophy literature early in the 20th c...
Tomis Kapitan’s work on Peirce’s conception of abduction was instrumental for our coming to see how ...
The central argument of this article is that abduction as a “mode of inference” is a key element in ...
Abstract In pragmatic theories, the notion of inference plays a central role, together with the comm...
Summary. Most logic–based approaches characterize abduction as a kind of back-wards deduction plus a...