The Dilemma of Defining Abduction

2012 ◽  
pp. 199-219
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Logical Operation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Model Based

Although Peirce states that abduction is the “only logical operation which introduces any new idea,” many, if not most, explanatory hypotheses offer nothing new at all. They do not seem to be, in the sense Peirce means, abductively derived. In various writings, Peirce provides at least four different descriptions of abduction. Italian computational philosopher Lorenzo Magnani proposes three types of abduction: theoretical, model-based, and creative (the final chapter of this book discusses the third type). In her 2005 paper for Semiotica (“Abduction as an Aspect of Retroduction”), Chiasson points out that Peirce uses two distinct and contradictory terms to signify these processes. The purpose of this chapter is to clarify the various ways abduction has been defined. In addition to defining abduction as an aspect of retroduction, the authors discuss induction, with which abduction is often confounded. This discussion of induction includes the concepts diagnosis and inference to the best explanation, both of which can be achieved inductively (and deductively as well, though deduction will not be addressed here), as well as abductively.

Nodule count in ductile iron: theoretical model based on Weibull statistics

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Fraś ◽  
K. Wiencek ◽  
M. Górny ◽  
H. F. López
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Ductile Iron ◽  
Weibull Statistics ◽  
Nodule Count ◽  
Model Based

Practical prescribing

1987 ◽  
Vol 25 (20) ◽  
pp. 80-80
Author(s):  
Martin J Brodie ◽  
Ian Harrison
Keyword(s):  
Side Effects ◽  
Drug Interactions ◽  
Shelf Life ◽  
Text Book ◽  
The Third ◽  
New Drug ◽  
Making Choices ◽  
Treatment Policies ◽  
Accessible Form

This book is a practical manual for the prescriber rather than a text book. The first chapter usefully explains pharmacological terms which are used later in the book. This is followed by three sections concerned with choosing drugs. The first section gives a list of ‘best buys’ for common complaints, the second looks at treatment policies and the third gives basic pharmacological information to help in making choices. Side-effects and drug interactions are presented in the next two chapters in a readily accessible form. The final chapter, called ‘Cautions,’ has some useful information not readily found elsewhere including data on teratogenesis and shelf-life of formulations. It also suggests which drugs we should stop using, and discusses factors to consider before using a new drug.

Termination for Breach of Contract

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stannard John E ◽  
Capper David
Keyword(s):  
Final Section ◽  
Breach Of Contract ◽  
The Third ◽  
Specific Performance ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Key Topics ◽  
English Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Legal Consequences

The aims of this book are to set out in detail the rules governing termination as a remedy for breach of contract in English law, to distil the very complex body of law on the subject to a clear set of principles, and to apply the law in a practical context. This book is divided into four parts. The first section sets out to analyse what is involved in termination and looks at some of the difficulties surrounding the topic, before going on to explain the evolution of the present law and its main principles. The second section provides a thorough analysis of the two key topics of breach and termination. The third section addresses the question when the right to terminate for breach arises. And the fourth and final section considers the consequences of the promisee's election whether to terminate or not. The final chapter examines the legal consequences of affirmation, once again both with regard to the promisee and the promisor, with particular emphasis on the extent of the promisee's right to enforce the performance of the contract by way of an action for an agreed sum or an action for specific performance.

Introducing Morphology

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rochelle Lieber
Keyword(s):  
Mental Lexicon ◽  
The Other ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
The Third ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Morphological Theory ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
The One

A lively introduction to morphology, this textbook is intended for undergraduates with relatively little background in linguistics. It shows students how to find and analyze morphological data and presents them with basic concepts and terminology concerning the mental lexicon, inflection, derivation, morphological typology, productivity, and the interfaces between morphology and syntax on the one hand and phonology on the other. By the end of the text students are ready to understand morphological theory and how to support or refute theoretical proposals. Providing data from a wide variety of languages, the text includes hands-on activities designed to encourage students to gather and analyse their own data. The third edition has been thoroughly updated with new examples and exercises. Chapter 2 now includes an updated detailed introduction to using linguistic corpora, and there is a new final chapter covering several current theoretical frameworks.

scholarly journals A relação entre ciência e tecnologia a partir de três modelos teóricos distintos

DoisPontos ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilmar Evandro Szczepanik
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
The Third

resumo: Este artigo tem por objetivo explorar as possíveis relações estabelecidas entre ciência e a tecnologia a partir de três modelos teóricos distintos. O primeiro modelo teórico é chamado de hierárquico e pressupõe uma relação de subordinação entre ciência e a tecnologia. O segundo modelo é denominado de não hierárquico e sustenta que ciência e a tecnologia se encontram fundidas de tal modo que não faz mais sentido tentar entendê-las separadamente. Por fim, o terceiro modelo teórico designado de emancipatório explora alguns elementos que permitem compreender a ciência e a tecnologia ainda como atividades distintas, embora possam trabalhar conjuntamente algumas vezes.Abstract:  This paper aims to  understand the possible  relations between science and technology from three different theoretical models. The first theoretical model is called hierarchical and implies a subordinate relationship between science and technology. The second model  is  called non-hierarchical  and argues  that  science  and technology are fused so that it makes more sense to try to understand them separately. Finally, the third theoretical model is called emancipatory  and explores some elements that allow us to understand science and technology as separate activities, although they may sometimes work together. 

Morning care of patients with Alzheimer-type dementia. A theoretical model based on direct observations

1986 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. O. Sandman ◽  
A. Norberg ◽  
R. Adolfsson ◽  
K. Axelsson ◽  
V. Hedly
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Alzheimer Type ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Direct Observations ◽  
Alzheimer Type Dementia

As If That Look Must Be the Last

Last Things ◽  
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacques Khalip
Keyword(s):  
The Third ◽  
The World ◽  
End Of The World ◽  
As If ◽  
Politics Of Life

The final chapter reads the third-to-last line of Shelley’s The Triumph of Life, “as if that look must be the last,” as an aside that asks what occurs after that last look. In a post-Waterloo poem that imagines a hallucinatory end-of-the-world scenario amidst several last things, including a kiss, Shelley explores the adjacencies opened up by his unfinished late piece. Drawing on Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Julie, an illustration from that book by Nicolas Monsiau, and a photograph by Peter Hujar, Shelley’s poetic experiment is characterized as tacitly queer insofar as it refuses to endorse a normative politics of life, and imagines bodies and pleasures as scintillatingly regressive, inoperative, and disappearing.

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