@article {3099682,
	title = {Abduction of generalizations},
	journal = {Theoria - revista de teoria historia y fundamentos de la ciencia},
	volume = {27},
	number = {3},
	year = {2012},
	pages = {345{\textendash}364},
	abstract = {<p>Abduction of generalizations is the process in which explanatory hypotheses are formed for generalizations such as pineapples taste sweet or rainbows appear when the sun breaks through the rain. This phenomenon has received little attention in formal logic and philosophy of science. The current paper remedies this lacuna by first giving an overview of some general characteristics of this process, elaborating on its ubiquity in scientific and everyday reasoning. Second, the adaptive logic LA \&amp;\#8704; is presented to explicate this process formally</p>},
	issn = {0495-4548},
	author = {Gauderis, Tjerk and Van De Putte, Frederik}
}
