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X : What's the difference between induction, deduction and abduction?
Me : Gosh. I'm always lousy at explaining the difference but here goes ... roughly speaking then
a) Abduction is about observation, finding a pattern and describing a plausible hypothesis.
Me : Gosh. I'm always lousy at explaining the difference but here goes ... roughly speaking then
a) Abduction is about observation, finding a pattern and describing a plausible hypothesis.
b) Deduction is about refining that plausible hypothesis based
upon other plausible premises. It's more, thinking your way toward an answer.
c) Induction is the actual data bit, the empirical substantiation of a hypothesis either in the positive or negative
upon other plausible premises. It's more, thinking your way toward an answer.
c) Induction is the actual data bit, the empirical substantiation of a hypothesis either in the positive or negative
... now, I'm no philosopher or student of the history of science ... so expect my descriptions to be mostly inaccurate on this one, hence the roughly speaking i.e. very roughly.
