Truth-Seeking by Abduction

This book examines the philosophical conception of abductive reasoning as developed by Charles S. Peirce, the founder of American pragmatism. It explores the historical and systematic connections of Peirce's original ideas and debates about their interpre

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Ilkka Niiniluoto

Truth-Seeking by Abduction

Synthese Library Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science

Volume 400

Editor-in-Chief Otávio Bueno, University of Miami, Department of Philosophy, USA Editors Berit Brogaard, University of Miami, USA Anjan Chakravartty, University of Notre Dame, USA Steven French, University of Leeds, UK Catarina Dutilh Novaes, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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Ilkka Niiniluoto

Truth-Seeking by Abduction

Ilkka Niiniluoto University of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland

Synthese Library ISBN 978-3-319-99156-6 ISBN 978-3-319-99157-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99157-3

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