Quote from "Lessons of the History of Science"

Commens

Digital Companion to C. S. Peirce

‘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.]

URL:

http://www.commens.org/dictionary/entry/quote-lessons-history-science