Abductive Reasoning

by Douglas N. Walton

Book Overview

A study of the role of abductive inference in everyday argumentation and legal evidence
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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817357823
• ISBN13: 9780817357825
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 9.0"