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‘Retroduction’ (pub. 19.10.15-18:14). 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-r.
Term: 
Retroduction
Quote: 

Retroductive reasoning is the only one of the three which produces any new idea. It originates a theory.

Source: 
Peirce, C. S. (1906 [c.]). Reasoning [R]. MS [R] 753.
References: 
MS [R] 753:3
Date of Quote: 
1906 [c.]
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