Abstract
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 |
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Pages (from-to) | 345-363 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | Theoria (Spain) |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |