Induction: Processes of Inference, Learning and Discovery

Holland, John H.; Holyoak, Keith J.; Nisbett, Richard E.; Thagard, Paul R.

ISBN 10: 0262580969 / ISBN 13: 9780262580960

Published by MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1996

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xvi, 398pp., index, biblio., figures. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Induction: Processes of Inference, Learning and Discovery
• Publisher: MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262580969
• ISBN 13: 9780262580960
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: Fifth Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Two psychologists, a computer scientist, and a philosopher have collaborated to present a framework for understanding processes of inductive reasoning and learning in organisms and machines. Theirs is the first major effort to bring the ideas of several disciplines to bear on a subject that has been a topic of investigation since the time of Socrates. The result is an integrated account that treats problem solving and induction in terms of rule­based mental models.

Induction is included in the Computational Models of Cognition and Perception Series.

A Bradford Book.

About the Authors

John H. Holland is Professor of Psychology and Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan; he is also Trustee and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. He is the author of Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity and other books.

Paul Thagard is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. He is the author of The Cognitive Science of Science (MIT Press, 2012) and many other books.