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Quote from ‘The Proper Treatment of Hypotheses: a Preliminary Chapter, toward an Examination of Hume's Argument against Miracles, in its Logic and in its History’

Term: 
Abduction
Quote: 

Now, in an inquiry concerning a hypothesis in general, three distinct stages have to be recognized, these stages being governed by entirely different logical principles. The first stage consists in the invention, selection, and entertainment of the hypothesis. This I call the abduction.

Source: 
Peirce, Charles S. (1901). The Proper Treatment of Hypotheses: a Preliminary Chapter, toward an Examination of Hume's Argument against Miracles, in its Logic and in its History. MS [R] 692
Date: 
1901
References: 
HP 2:895
Citation: 
‘Abduction’ (pub. 30.12.12-17:25). 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-proper-treatment-hypotheses-preliminary-chapter-toward-examination-humes-1.
Posted: 
Dec 30, 2012, 17:25 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
Jan 07, 2014, 01:05 by Commens Admin