On the distinction between Peirce's abduction and Lipton's Inference to the best explanation

Synthese

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-442

  Campos, Daniel G ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Abduction; Hypothesis; Inference to the best explanation; Peirce; Scientific reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955620804     PISSN: 00397857     EISSN: 15730964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11229-009-9709-3     Document Type: Article

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