Abductive inference within a pragmatic framework

This paper presents an enrichment of the Gabbay–Woods schema of Peirce’s 1903 logical form of abduction with illocutionary acts, drawing from logic for pragmatics and its resources to model justified assertions. It analyses the enriched schema and puts it into the perspective of Peirce’s logic and p...

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Published in:Synthese (Dordrecht) 2020-06, Vol.197 (6), p.2507-2523
Main Authors: Chiffi, Daniele, Pietarinen, Ahti-Veikko
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Education
Epistemology
Inference
Logic
Logical form
Metaphysics
Peirce, Charles Sanders (1839-1914)
Philosophy
Philosophy of Language
Philosophy of Science
Pragmatics
Pragmatism
Speech
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Summary:This paper presents an enrichment of the Gabbay–Woods schema of Peirce’s 1903 logical form of abduction with illocutionary acts, drawing from logic for pragmatics and its resources to model justified assertions. It analyses the enriched schema and puts it into the perspective of Peirce’s logic and philosophy.
ISSN:0039-7857
1573-0964
DOI:10.1007/s11229-018-1824-6