The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Lessons of the History of Science’

Term: 
Retroduction
Quote: 

There are in science three fundamentally different kinds of reasoning, Deduction (called by Aristotle {synagögé} or {anagögé}), Induction (Aristotle’s and Plato’s {epagögé}) and Retroduction (Aristotle’s {apagögé}, but misunderstood because of corrupt text, and as misunderstood usually translated abduction). Besides these three, Analogy (Aristotle’s {paradeigma}) combines the characters of Induction and Retroduction.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1896 [c.]). Lessons of the History of Science. MS [R] 1288
Date: 
1896 [c.]
References: 
CP 1.65
Citation: 
‘Retroduction’ (pub. 12.03.13-18:29). Quote in M. Bergman & S. Paavola (Eds.), The Commens Dictionary: Peirce's Terms in His Own Words. New Edition. Retrieved from http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-lessons-history-science-6.
Posted: 
Mar 12, 2013, 18:29 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 02, 2016, 16:05 by Mats Bergman