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‘Abduction’ (pub. 02.01.13-16:00). 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-reasoning-1.
Term: 
Abduction
Quote: 

Reasoning is of three elementary kinds; but mixed reasonings are more common. These three kinds are induction, deduction, and presumption (for which the present writer proposes the name abduction).

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1902). Reasoning. In J. M. Baldwin (Ed.), Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, Vol. II (pp. 426-428). London: Macmillan and Co.
References: 
CP 2.774
Date of Quote: 
1902
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