Bruce Thompson Bruce Thompson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5514975 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bruce Thompson Bruce Thompson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bruce Thompson Bruce |
| FAMILY NAME | Thompson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMPSON B T B |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Deductively Valid, Inductively Valid, and Retroductively Valid Syllogisms
Charles S. Peirce suggested that a formal distinction between his three types of argumentation, deduction, induction, and retroduction, could be drawn using syllogistic figures. However, he never developed the concept of formal validity for non-deductive arguments beyond that point. His failure to do so may have been due in part to inadequacies in the theory of syllogisms as it was known at the time. Using an expanded syllogistic, with quantifier…
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Deductively Valid, Inductively Valid, and Retroductively Valid Syllogisms
Charles S. Peirce suggested that a formal distinction between his three types of argumentation, deduction, induction, and retroduction, could be drawn using syllogistic figures. However, he never developed the concept of formal validity for non-deductive arguments beyond that point. His failure to do so may have been due in part to inadequacies in the theory of syllogisms as it was known at the time. Using an expanded syllogistic, with quantifier…
Epistemology (1 works) · Mathematics (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works) · Philosophy (1 works) · Philosophy and Theoretical Science (1 works) · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education (1 works) · Psychology (1 works) · Syllogism (1 works) · Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications (1 works)