{"product_id":"truth-seeking-by-abduction-ilkka-niiniluoto-9783319991566","title":"Truth-Seeking by Abduction","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1. Peirce on Abduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.1. Classification of Inferences\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.2. Probabilistic Reasoning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.3. Abduction Reconsidered\u003c\/p\u003e1.4. Interpretations of Abduction\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1.5. Some Debates about Abduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Analysis and Synthesis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.1. The Regressive Method\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.2. Pappus on Geometrical Analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.3. Analysis and Abduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.4. Poe's Stories of Ratiocination\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2.5. Poe's Philosophy of Composition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3. Abduction and Logic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.1. Abduction as a Rule of Inference\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.2. Structural Rules for Abduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.3. Abduction by Semantic Tableaux\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.4. The GW Model of Abduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3.5. Hintikka's Interrogative Model of Inquiry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Inverse Problems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.1. On Retroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.2. Inverse Problems in Systems Theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.3. Radon's Theorem and Computerized Tomography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.4. Abduction and Biological Evolution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4.5. Evolutionism in the Humanities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Abduction as Discovery and Pursuit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.1. Patterns of Heuristic Reasoning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.2. Abduction as Discovery\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5.3. Abduction as Pursuit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Abduction and Confirmation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.1. Inductive and Abductive Confirmation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.2. Bayesian Confirmation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.3. Explanatory Power and Confirmation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6.4. The Virtues of Unification\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Inference to the Best Explanation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.1. IBE as a Rule of Acceptance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7.2. Replies to Criticisms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Abduction and Truthlikeness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.1. Approximate Explanation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.2. Verisimilitude and Legisimilitude\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.3. Abduction with Truthlikeness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.4. From Empirical Success to Truthlikeness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8.5. Abductive Belief Revision\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9. Abduction and Scientific Realism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.1. Debates on Scientific Realism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9.2. The No-Miracle Argument\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ilkka Niiniluoto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3319991566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783319991566\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Ilkka Niiniluoto","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46292976730367,"sku":"9783319991566","price":119.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2179fe6-7f91-46fe-9dcc-93bc22efa5eb.jpg?v=1730210724","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/truth-seeking-by-abduction-ilkka-niiniluoto-9783319991566","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}