retroduction
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Whereas retroduction involves one step, and deduction involves two, induction, as the third stage, involves three: classification, probationary argument, and appraisal of the probations."
- "Note that deduction and retroduction employ the same form of logical statement to determine either the post- or precondition, respectively."
- "What distinguishes retroduction from the other two main forms of inference employed in inquiry into nature, deduction and induction (inductive generalization), is its reliance on explanatory quality for its epistemic force (McMullin 1992)."
- "This is the big advantage of retroduction; it is difficult the first time it is attempted, but with a little experience, you can select the designs more and more quickly. Most good designers perform retroduction without realizing it."
- "Elsewhere (Chiasson, 2005), I demonstrate that abduction can be considered an aspect of retroduction rather than as a synonym for it."
- "Retroduction is an alternative research model which makes it possible to link evidence (induction) and social theory (deduction) in a continually evolving, dynamic process (Sather, 1998)."
Etymology
From Latin retroducere, retroductum (“to lead or bring back”), from retro (“backward”) + ducere (“to lead”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: retroducere