Modelling abduction in science by means of a modal adaptive logic

DOI10.1007/s10699-012-9293-8zbMath1339.03010OpenAlexW1979260278MaRDI QIDQ301340

Tjerk Gauderis

Publication date: 30 June 2016

Published in: Foundations of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10699-012-9293-8

zbMATH Keywords

abductionmodal logicsadaptive logicsmodelling scientific reasoning processesmultiple explanatory hypotheses

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Modal logic (including the logic of norms) (03B45) Paraconsistent logics (03B53) Logic in the philosophy of science (03A10)

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