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‘Abduction’ (pub. 19.12.12-21:36). 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.
Term: 
Abduction
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, C. S. (1896 [c.]). Lessons of the History of Science. MS [R] 1288.
References: 
CP 1.65
Date of Quote: 
1896 [c.]
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