On Practical Abduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20141929 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Risto Hilpinen (0000-0002-4110-8902, University of Miami, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 207-220 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theoria (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1755-2567.2007.tb01200.x |
| OpenAlex | W1974339330 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
In this paper practical reasoning is understood in the Aristotelian sense as reasoning leading to action or to an intention to do something. Georg Henrik von Wright and a number of other philosophers have tried to assimilate certain forms of such reasoning to deductive reasoning. Many examples of practical reasoning, including some examples given by Aristotle, do not fit a deductive or quasi‐deductive model. It is argued that instances of good practical reasoning often resemble abductive rather than deductive or inductive reasoning, and that the principles governing abduction, including the Principle of Economy, are applicable to practical reasoning
Abductive reasoning · Action (physics) · Analogical reasoning · Analogy · Analytic reasoning · Case-based reasoning · Cognition · Cognitive science · Deductive reasoning · Defeasible reasoning · Epistemology · Inductive reasoning · Knowledge representation and reasoning · Model-based reasoning · Non-monotonic logic · Opportunistic reasoning · Practical reason · Psychology of reasoning · Qualitative reasoning · Reasoning system · Scientific reasoning · Verbal reasoning · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Economic Theory and Institutions · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |