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1 online resource (ix, 303 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294) and index. |
| Contents |
Abductive, presumptive, and plausible arguments -- A dialogue model of explanation -- A procedural model of rationality -- Defeasible modus ponens arguments -- Abductive causal reasoning -- Query-driven abductive reasoning -- Unsolved problems of abduction. |
| Summary |
"This book examines three areas in which abductive reasoning is especially important: medicine, science, and law. Douglas Walton introduces the foundations of abduction and shows how it has evolved historically into the framework of conventional wisdom in logic." "Discussions draw upon recent techniques used in artificial intelligence, particularly in the areas of multi-agent systems and plan recognition, to develop a dialogue model of explanation. Cases of causal explanations in law are analyzed using abductive reasoning, and all the components are finally brought together to build a new account of abductive reasoning."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Abduction (Logic)
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Abduction (Logic) |
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Reasoning.
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Reasoning. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Walton, Douglas N. Abductive reasoning 0817314415 (DLC) 2004008797 (OCoLC)55044871 |
| ISBN |
9780817387617 (electronic book) |
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0817387617 (electronic book) |
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0817314415 |
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9780817314415 |
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