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Abductive reasoning popular

The process of incorporating observations about a situation or phenomenon into a framework of prior knowledge, allowing one to propose possible explanations for it. This type of reasoning is necessary for the formulation of hypotheses using the scientific method.

Added: Fri Dec 21 2007
Last Modified: Thu Apr 03 2008

Related Terms

Scientific method Observation Abduction Hypothesis Experiment Deductive reasoning Deduction Result Expected result Observed result Conclusion

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