The Commens Dictionary

Quote from ‘Lessons of the History of Science’

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.

Date: 
1896 [c.]
References: 
CP 1.65
Citation: 
‘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.
Posted: 
Dec 19, 2012, 21:36 by Sami Paavola
Last revised: 
May 06, 2015, 22:53 by Mats Bergman