Category Archives: Mental Models

Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 17

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Tom Gollier I know we’ve discussed the various meanings of the word object which make sense in Peirce’s semiotics and pragmatism generally, so let me just link to a recent comment I found in my search for … Continue reading →

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Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 16

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Jerry Chandler The simple question arises:  If an abductive step is taken by the inquirer, then what? A very good question.  Susan Awbrey and I tried our hands at answering the What Next? question in the … Continue reading →

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Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 15

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

A couple of phrases have stuck in my mind from my earliest days of reading about abductive inference and hypothesis formation.  One has to do with the puzzle of “giving a rule to abduction” and the other alludes to “the reticular … Continue reading →

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Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 14

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Clark Goble • John Collier As far as what gives a rule to abduction, as Peirce styled a question I found echoed in minds of inquiry from W.S. McCulloch to Noam Chomsky, Peirce had already given the … Continue reading →

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Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 13

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

Re: C.S. Peirce • Doctrine Of Individuals Re: Peirce List • Martin Kettelhut I’ve been calling attention to what Peirce wrote about the “Doctrine of Individuals” (what we’d probably call a theory of individuals) for quite some time.  Just for … Continue reading →

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Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 12

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Jerry Rhee The tools Peirce gave us for articulating complex cases of inquiry processes, as mediated by complex cases of triadic sign relations, are worth sharpening up to the point where we can make a significant … Continue reading →

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Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 11

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peirce List • Gary Richmond Time and again Peirce refers to the logic of relatives as the key to understanding the more complex issues in his theory of inquiry and theory of signs.  I find this to be good … Continue reading →

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Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 10

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Beyond Experiment • Scott Church Names are not important of course, except for the purpose of communication.  The important thing is for us to distinguish hypothesis formation from hypothesis evaluation.  Now, there happens to be a long tradition of … Continue reading →

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Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 9

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Beyond Experiment • Scott Church Let me just say again that abduction is not “inference to the best explanation”.  That gloss derives from a later attempt to rationalize Peirce’s idea and it has led to a whole literature of … Continue reading →

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Abduction, Deduction, Induction, Analogy, Inquiry • 8

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Jon Awbrey

Re: Peter Woit • Beyond Experiment I have no horse in this race (cat in this box?) as far as multiverses and polycosmoi go.  I will limit myself to clearing up popular confusions about Peirce’s concept of abductive inference. Analytic philosophy … Continue reading →

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