The Holmesian logician: Sherlock Holmes' "Science of Deduction and Analysis" and the logic of discovery.

This paper examines whether Sherlock Holmes' "Science of Deduction and Analysis," as reconstructed by Hintikka and Hintikka (in: Eco U, Sebeok TA (eds) The sign of three: Peirce, Dupin, Holmes, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1983), exemplifies a logic of discovery. While the Hintikkas claime...

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Publicado en:Synthese Vol. 198; no. 11; pp. 10169 - 10187
Autor principal: Genot, Emmanuel J.
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Publicado: Springer Nature Nov2021
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