Abduction of Generalizations

Tjerk Gauderis; Frederik Van De Putte

doi:10.1387/theoria.4059

Abduction of Generalizations

Tjerk Gauderis, Frederik Van De Putte

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Abduction of generalizations is the process in which explanatory hypotheses are formed for generalizations such as "pineapples taste sweet" or "rainbows appear when the sun breaks through the rain". This phenomenon has received little attention in formal logic and philosophy of science. The current paper remedies this lacuna by first giving an overview of some general characteristics of this process, elaborating on its ubiquity in scientific and everyday reasoning Second, the adaptive logic LA v is presented to explicate this process formally.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	345-363
Number of pages	19
Journal	Theoria (Spain)
Volume	27
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.4059
Publication status	Published - Sept 2012
Externally published	Yes

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