Seeking Explanations: Abduction in Logic, Philosophy of Science and Artificial Intelligence Contents Acknowledgements Ix 1 What Is Abduction? Overview and Proposal for Investigation 1 a Algorithms for Chapter 3 163
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a dissertation submitted to the department of philosophy interdepartmental program in philosophy and symbolic systems and the committee on graduate studies of stanford university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy Abstract 175 Bibliography 177 viii Acknowledgements
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