Abductive reasoning

About: Abductive reasoning is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1917 publications have been published within this topic receiving 44645 citations. The topic is also known as: abduction & abductive inference.

A Defense of Empirically Equivalent Theories and Theory Choice

Abstract: A scientific theory doesn’t pop into existence out of nowhere. A community of researchers is involved. Previous theories, anomalies confronting the current running theory, and alternative hypotheses, must all be considered. Far from the view that empirical equivalence poses a worrisome underdeterministic threat to scientific rationality (and even scientific realism), I argue EE is part of the evolutionary nature of science. A fallibilistic outlook toward our theories and the endorsement of abductive inference as descriptive of the movements within science dissolves the problem of the empirical equivalence of scientific theories by evidence. Borrowing a bit from C.S. Peirce and Karl Popper, I will illustrate how both scientific rationality and scientific realism remain unscathed by the charge that two or more competing theories leads to deadly under-determination.

The abdutive logic intrinsic to startup development: the relationship between abduction and lean startup / A lógica abdutiva intrínseca ao desenvolvimento de startups: as relações entre abdução e startup enxuta

Abstract: This paper presents a theoretical construct for future research that relates the abductive logic and the startups development. First proposed by Peirce (1865), abduction presents a reasoning proposal that seeks the best possible answers to a problem, using "what if" instead of "is" to answer questions. Startups use a similar system to develop themselves, by testing and validating hypotheses through minimum viable product (MVP) prototypes of their products or services, aiming to get feedback from their end users to correct the course of their organization. Thus, it was aimed to verify what are the relationships between the means of management and development of startups with the abductive logic models; to investigate and understand the development models of startups according to abductive logic and their similarities; to describe the development processes of startups and the use of abductive logic; and to make an analogy between the similar aspects to propose a theoretical construct for future research.