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Iconicity and Abduction (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
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Iconicity and Abduction (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 29
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This book consolidates and extends the authors' work on the
connection between iconicity and abductive inference. It emphasizes
a pragmatic, experimental and fallibilist view of knowledge without
sacrificing formal rigor. Within this context, the book focuses
particularly on scientific knowledge and its prevalent use of
mathematics. To find an answer to the question "What kind of
experimental activity is the scientific employment of mathematics?"
the book addresses the problems involved in formalizing abductive
cognition. For this, it implements the concept and method of
iconicity, modeling this theoretical framework mathematically
through category theory and topoi. Peirce's concept of iconic signs
is treated in depth, and it is shown how Peirce's diagrammatic
logical notation of Existential Graphs makes use of iconicity and
how important features of this iconicity are representable within
category theory. Alain Badiou's set-theoretical model of truth
procedures and his relational sheaf-based theory of phenomenology
are then integrated within the Peircean logical context. Finally,
the book opens the path towards a more naturalist interpretation of
the abductive models developed in Peirce and Badiou through an
analysis of several recent attempts to reformulate quantum
mechanics with categorical methods. Overall, the book offers a
comprehensive and rigorous overview of past approaches to iconic
semiotics and abduction, and it encompasses new extensions of these
methods towards an innovative naturalist interpretation of
abductive reasoning.
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