Model-based abductive cognition: what thought experiments teach us

DOI10.1093/JIGPAL/JZAE096MaRDI QIDQ6831647zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Lorenzo Magnani, Selene Arfini

Publication date 2 April 2026

Published in Logic Journal of the IGPL (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1093/JIGPAL/JZAE096

zbMATH Keywords

galileoignorance-preservationknowledge-enhancingmetaphorsmodel-based abductionmodel-based cognitionthought experiments

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematical logic and foundations (03-XX) Computer science (68-XX)

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