Igor Douven, "The Art of Abduction" (MIT Press, 2022)
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When i was an undergraduate er, abduction had seemed so, so natural to me andand obvius. And then there were these arguments, which i read actually, right when i started as as a graduate student inin 93. That was bossof harsons morton symetry. I found that fascinating. From from the stars, on the one and a rule, seemed very natural. But at least it seemed to me that very often i relied on these explanatory considerations that i took into account where something asa good explanationthat influenced me in forming my beliefs. So this view was not compatible with any interesting version ofe of abduction.
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