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Abductive Reasoning

Abductive Reasoning is a form of logical inference that, as a theoretical construct within Commonsense Reasoning, involves deriving the most plausible explanation for a given set of observations by hypothesizing causes or rules that would account for the observed effects, distinguishing it from deductive and inductive reasoning through its focus on explanatory adequacy rather than certainty or generalization.

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Systematic combining: an abductive approach to case research

Anna Dubois, Lars‐Erik Gadde · Journal of Business Research · 2002 · 4.7K citations

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Theory Construction in Qualitative Research

Stefan Timmermans, Iddo Tavory · Sociological Theory · 2012 · 3.8K citations

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Approaches to Social Enquiry.

Anthony C. Masi, Norman Blaikie · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1995 · 996 citations

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On the conflict between logic and belief in syllogistic reasoning

Jonathan St. B. T. Evans, Julie Linda Barston, Paul Pollard · Memory & Cognition · 1983 · 843 citations · Full text

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Transformative Leadership: Working for Equity in Diverse Contexts

Carolyn M. Shields · Educational Administration Quarterly · 2010 · 777 citations

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    R.E. Abdel-Aal

    King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

    11 publications · 426 citations

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  2. BD
    Brian D. Haig

    University of Canterbury, New Zealand

    11 publications · 857 citations

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    Lorenzo Magnani

    University of Pavia, Italy

    12 publications · 362 citations

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    Marc Denecker

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    10 publications · 486 citations

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    Antonis Kakas

    University of Cyprus, Cyprus

    10 publications · 476 citations

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  1. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    21 h-index

    61 publications

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  2. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    16 h-index

    43 publications

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  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    39 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

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    19 publications

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  5. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

    Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

    11 h-index

    23 publications

    822 citations

  6. University of Canterbury

    Christchurch, New Zealand

    11 h-index

    14 publications

    968 citations

  7. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    11 h-index

    31 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. University of Pavia

    Pavia, Italy

    11 h-index

    14 publications

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  1. Logic Journal of IGPL

    18 publications · 479 citations

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  2. Semiotica

    15 publications · 555 citations

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  3. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 11 publications · 326 citations

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  4. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

    Conference · 11 publications · 257 citations

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  5. Artificial Intelligence

    9 publications · 397 citations

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