Olmos, Paula (2019) An argumentative approach on abduction and on the weighing of explanatory hypotheses. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 34 (1). pp. 5-30. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
This paper makes use of the concepts and theoretical framework developed within the field of Argumentation Theory to account for the structure and characteristics of abduction and of the comparative processes of weighing explanatory hypothesis. It elaborates an analysis of abduction based on its consideration as a meta-explanatory argumentation scheme while elucidating its relations with abductive reasoning and inference. The conceptualization of comparative processes of weighing explanatory hypothesis as complex and varied argumentative structures is presented as an alternative to the idea of «inference to the best explanation».
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | ||||||
| Keywords: | Abduction, argumentation, argumentation scheme, inference, inference to the best explanation, reasoning. | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Rhetoric of Science |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 01 May 2019 13:05 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 01 May 2019 13:05 | ||||||
| Item ID: | 15949 | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | ||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | ||||||
| Official URL: | http://www.ehu.eus/ojs/index.php/THEORIA/article/v... | ||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.18292 | ||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Explanation General Issues > Rhetoric of Science |
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| Date: | January 2019 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 5-30 | ||||||
| Volume: | 34 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | ||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/15949 |
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