'It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly
one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to
suit facts.'
Sherlock Holmes Quote_-A Scandal in Bohemia_
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Subject:Re: Abduction
Yes Holmes was doing abduction, in those indtances where he was, as
the scholastics would say, saving the appearances. meaning, when he
was coming out with a possible explanation of how the present
phenomenon was caused. typically an inference towards the cause of an
effect relies on abduction in this sense. Unless the aergument
proceeds by elminination, in which case Holmes is able to infer with
deductive certainlty, given that the other causes are imposiible, that
this particulat cause is the only cause we can admit. this is
deductive.
Jude
National Institute of Education (Singapore) http://www.nie.edu.sg
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