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Quote from ‘Minute Logic: Chapter I. Intended Characters of this Treatise’

Quote: 

Arguments are of three kinds, Deduction, Induction, and what I call Abduction [—] If the conclusion is adopted, simply because it suggests itself as a possible fact which, if true, would necessitate ascertained facts, the Argument is Abductive. [—] It will be remarked that in the case of Abduction the only way in which the facts presented in the argument are any sign of the fact inferred is that they are an Icon […] of it.

Date: 
1902
References: 
MS [R] 425:120-122
Editorial Annotations: 

From early/discarded draft

Citation: 
‘Abduction’ (pub. 09.03.18-12:01). 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-35.
Posted: 
Mar 09, 2018, 12:01 by Mats Bergman
Last revised: 
Mar 09, 2018, 12:12 by Mats Bergman