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Abducted by abductive reasoning
1. Abducted by abductive reasoning
Two types of reasoning are
deductive and
inductive reasoning.
Another type of reasoning is
abductive reasoning.
Deductive reasoning is top-down backward-chaining and involves the "logic" part of truth. This is what is traditionally called mathematics or informatics (especially computational and programming language theory).
Inductive reasoning is bottom-up forward-chaining and involves the "reality" part of truth. This is what is traditionally called science.
Abductive reasoning is that of "inference to the best explanation" using available evidence or observations to determine the "most likely explanation".
Anyone, such as philosophers, theologians, etc., who prefer to use
opinion truth, would prefer a word that can be used, via
equivocation, to be an
opinion-based "
inference to the best explanation".
2. Deduction and induction
People in areas tend to think differently in that they may tend to approach the solution to a problem in different ways.
Business people tend to think deductively, in that they have problems and are looking for solutions to those problems.
Computer people tend to think inductively, in that they have solutions and are looking for problems to use those solutions on.
3. Mastermind
One example of
abductive reasoning, used by Wikipedia, is that of the board game of Mastermind.
The idea of abductive reasoning was proposed by American philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce. He used other names such as presumption and retroduction but the name abduction caught on.
Why might this idea have become so popular in the field of reasoning?
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4. Abducted reasoning
Abductive reasoning is not to be confused with
abducted reasoning as in being
abducted by aliens.
Do UFO (Unidentified Flying Object)'s exist?
How about angels, demons, etc.?
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Details are left as a future topic.
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5. Induction
Some things cannot be completely tested using induction.
Test each tire to see how long the tire will last. You would have no tires left to sell.
Test the rising of the sun to see if it rises forever. One would never get done. And if it does not rise, you are done anyway.
[Laplace - certain assumptions may not be needed]
6. Crossword puzzles
[FIVE and NINE]
The best way to determine the
meaning of a word is
not to use a dictionary.
[constraint logic puzzle, abductive reasoning]
The best way to determine the meaning of a word is to look at the use of the word and infer a meaning or meanings from context.
[expert systems, rule-based, pattern-based, artificial/machine intelligence]
7. Inductive or deductive
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declarative - inductive
bottom-up
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imperative - deductive
top-down
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To
evaluate a disjunction (or any expression), one needs to
pick an
order in which to evaluate.
As one goes from
inductive (some call it
abductive) to
deductive reasoning, the assumptions in the deductive reasoning become important. This can involve the following.
"Assuming the conclusion", called "begging the question".
This can involve "circular reasoning" as a general concept.
Some try to avoid or side-step the argument by asserting that Jesus never claimed to be Lord.
[abductive reasoning]
8. Ducks
There is a saying that goes something like the following.
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. Wikipedia.
This is a form of "
abductive reasoning" and appears to have been first stated by the poet James Riley (1849-1916). Wikipedia. The reasoning has been stated in various forms since then.
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