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Modeling creative abduction Bayesian style
Christian J Feldbacher-Escamilla1, Alexander Gebharter2
11Duesseldorf Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science (DCLPS), University of Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, 40225 Duesseldorf, Germany.
Abstract:
Schurz (Synthese 164:201-234, 2008) proposed a justification of creative abduction on the basis of the Reichenbachian principle of the common cause. In this paper we take up the idea of combining creative abduction with causal principles and model instances of successful creative abduction within a Bayes net framework. We identify necessary conditions for such inferences and investigate their unificatory power. We also sketch several interesting applications of modeling creative abduction Bayesian style. In particular, we discuss use-novel predictions, confirmation, and the problem of underdetermination in the context of abductive inferences.
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