The Commens Dictionary
Quote from ‘Minute Logic: Chapter I. Intended Characters of this Treatise’
Term:
Quote:
Arguments are of three kinds, Deduction, Induction, and what I call Abduction [—] If the conclusion is accepted because, having been hypothetically propounded as a hypothesis, it predicted that experiments would yield results which they have thereupon been found to yield, the argument is Inductive.
Source:
Date:
1902
References:
MS [R] 425:120-121
Editorial Annotations:
From early/discarded draft
Citation:
‘Induction’ (pub. 09.03.18-12:05). 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-minute-logic-chapter-i-intended-characters-treatise-37.