Day 3: Abductive Reasoning Flashcards
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Deductions vs Inductions vs Abductions
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Deductions are conservative, cautious in experimentation, very little will count as true.
Inductions, liberal, they trade exploring knowledge at the cost of probability.
Abductions are radicle. They are something we cannot observe is true to explain something observable.
2
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Criteria 1
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If hypothesis tends to make true predictions, then hypothesis is probably true.
3
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Criteria 2: Explanatory Scope
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A hypothesis should have an optimally wide scope. Not to little, not too wide.
4
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Criteria 3: Explanatory Power
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The primary function of an abduction is to explain unknown phenomenon.
5
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Criteria 4: Parsimony
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A hypothesis should be as simple as possible.
6
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Criteria 5: Coherence
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Is the new hypothesis coherent with others?
