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Abductive reasoning

About: Abductive reasoning is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1917 publications have been published within this topic receiving 44645 citations. The topic is also known as: abduction & abductive inference.


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01 Jan 2015
TL;DR: A staged view of human reasoning which takes interpretation seriously is described, and a non-technical introduction to a logic fit for modelling interpretative processes – Logic Programming is provided.
Abstract: The paper discusses a multiple-logics proposal for cognitive modelling of reasoning processes. It describes a staged view of human reasoning which takes interpretation seriously, and provides a non-technical introduction to a logic fit for modelling interpretative processes – Logic Programming. It summarises some results of the multiple-logics approach obtained with modelling psychological data, and with empirical tests of a combined use of reasoning strategies by human subjects. It draws some interim conclusions, and proposes avenues for future research.

5 citations

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01 May 2020
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose an approach that focuses on the individual and the underlying thinking which bases its foundations on ambidextrous leadership, abductive reasoning and strategic fit, which can facilitate firms to effectively manage incremental and radical innovation alike.
Abstract: The concepts of high-velocity, complexity and interdependency are nowadays vividly discussed in design-led innovation management. Design organisations seek to manage innovation in a more dynamic way to ensure competitive advantage and long-term competitiveness. Contextual ambidexterity is advised to be a dynamic capability that can facilitate firms to effectively manage incremental and radical innovation alike. This paper proposes an approach that focuses on the individual and the underlying thinking which bases its foundations on ambidextrous leadership, abductive reasoning and strategic fit.

5 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the concept of epistemic mediators is introduced to capture the role of action in many interesting situations: action provides otherwise unavailable information that enables the agent to solve problems by starting and performing a suitable abductive process of generation or selection of hypotheses.
Abstract: What I call theoretical abduction (sentential and model-based) certainly illustrates much of what is important in abductive reasoning, especially the objective of selecting and creating a set of hypotheses that are able to dispense good (preferred) explanations of data, but fails to account for many cases of explanations occurring in science or in everyday reasoning when the exploitation of the environment is crucial. The concept of manipulative abduction is devoted to capture the role of action in many interesting situations: action provides otherwise unavailable information that enables the agent to solve problems by starting and performing a suitable abductive process of generation or selection of hypotheses. Many external things, usually inert from the epistemological point of view, can be transformed into what I call epistemic mediators, which are illustrated in the last part of the paper, together with an analysis of the related notion of “external representation”. Finally, some examples of computational programs that simulate geometrical reasoning are illustrated. The computational embodiment generates a kind of “squared” epistemic mediator: geometrical construction, as an example of epistemic mediator, is further mediated.

5 citations

15 Jun 2015
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated reasoning in design and its relationship to varying foci at the stage of idea generation and subsequent performance of ideas developed and found that abductive reasoning led to more radical ideas, whereas deductive reasoning resulted in ideas being for project requirements, but having a higher proportion being rejected as not valuable.
Abstract: Reasoning is at the core of design activity and thinking Thus, understanding and explaining reasoning in design is fundamental to understand and support design practice This paper investigates reasoning in design and its relationship to varying foci at the stage of idea generation and subsequent performance of ideas developed Understanding reasoning in design and its relationship to the performance of ideas generated is important to understand design activity, which can be used to develop tools or methods that can improve the effectiveness of design teams Protocol analyses were conducted to investigate idea generation sessions of two industry cases Reasoning was found to appear in sequences of alternating reasoning types where the initiating reasoning type was decisive The study found that abductive reasoning led to more radical ideas, whereas deductive reasoning led to ideas being for project requirements, but having a higher proportion being rejected as not valuable The study sheds light on the conditions that promote these reasoning types The study is one of the first of its kind and advances an understanding of reasoning in design by empirical means and suggests a relationship between reasoning and idea performance Findings of the study further allows for a way to analyse and improve the performance of idea generation in design teams

5 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202356
2022103
202156
202059
201956
201867