{"product_id":"abductive-reasoning-douglas-walton-9780817357825","title":"Abductive Reasoning","description":"\u003cb\u003eA study of the role of abductive inference in everyday argumentation and legal evidence\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Examines three areas in which abductive reasoning is especially important: medicine, science, and law. The reader is introduced to abduction and shown 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e By clarifying the notion of abduction as a common and significant type of reasoning in everyday argumentation, \u003ci\u003eAbductive Reasoning\u003c\/i\u003e will be useful to scholars and students in many fields, including argumentation, computing and artificial intelligence, psychology and cognitive science, law, philosophy, linguistics, and speech communication and rhetoric. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Walton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817357823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817357825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.00d","brand":"Douglas Walton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980614074623,"sku":"9780817357825","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04403b3a-b2a1-4987-b34b-bdc191d20b8e.jpg?v=1683250913","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/abductive-reasoning-douglas-walton-9780817357825","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}