Patterns of abduction

Synthese

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-234

  Schurz, G ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abduction; Analogy; Common cause unification; Disposition; Factor analysis; Inference to the best explanation; Realism; Scientific discovery; Theoretical concepts

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349087847     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-007-9223-4     Document Type: Article

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