"A defense of the rationality of adductive inference from the criticisms of Bayesian theorists"--
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures xii
List of Tables xiii
Preface xv
Acknowledgments xix
1 Introduction 1
2 What Is Abduction? 29
3 The Psychology of Abduction 69
4 Facing the Challenges 103
5 A Closer Look at Scoring 135
6 The Ecological Rationality of Abduction 157
7 The View from Social Epistemology 189
8 An Abductive Response to the Skeptic 221
Epilogue 253
Appendices
A Proof of Theorem 4.1 265
B Proof of Theorem 5.1 269