Abduction of Generalizations
<em>Abduction of generalizations</em> is the process in which explanatory hypotheses are formed for an observed, yet puzzling generalization such as ``pineapples taste sweet" or ``rainbows appear when the sun breaks through the rain". This phenomenon has received little attenti...
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| author | Tjerk Gauderis Frederik Van De Putte |
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| description | <em>Abduction of generalizations</em> is the process in which explanatory hypotheses are formed for an observed, yet puzzling generalization 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 daily life reasoning. Second, the adaptive logic $\LAG$ is presented to explicate this process formally. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-99eb9c2f5d664f1fb42f1eabdecf2bb82022-12-22T01:22:43ZengUniversity of the Basque CountryTheoria0495-45482171-679X2012-10-0127334536310.1387/theoria.40595294Abduction of GeneralizationsTjerk Gauderis0Frederik Van De Putte1Ghent UniversityGhent University<em>Abduction of generalizations</em> is the process in which explanatory hypotheses are formed for an observed, yet puzzling generalization 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 daily life reasoning. Second, the adaptive logic $\LAG$ is presented to explicate this process formally.http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/4059hypothesis formationabduction patternsadaptive logics |
| spellingShingle | Tjerk Gauderis Frederik Van De Putte Abduction of Generalizations Theoria hypothesis formation abduction patterns adaptive logics |
| title | Abduction of Generalizations |
| title_full | Abduction of Generalizations |
| title_fullStr | Abduction of Generalizations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Abduction of Generalizations |
| title_short | Abduction of Generalizations |
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| topic | hypothesis formation abduction patterns adaptive logics |
| url | http://www.ehu.es/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/view/4059 |
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