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In the last three decades, abduction has been extensively studied in logic, semiotics, philosophy of science, computer science, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science. The surge of interest in abduction derives largely from serious reflection on the neglect of the logic of discovery at the hands of logical positivists and Popper, culminating in their distinction between the context of discovery and the context of justification. At the same time, the desire to recover the rationality of science that has been seriously challenged by the publication of Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions might be another important factor. It is remarkable to notice the ubiquity of abduction well beyond the boundary of logic or philosophy.
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Park, W. (2017). Introduction. In: Abduction in Context. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, vol 32. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48956-8_1
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