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What does abductive mean?

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Adjective
  1. (anatomy) Related or pertaining to abductor muscles and their movement. [Mid 19th century.]
  2. (logic) Characterizing a logical process as being one of abduction or inference. [Early 20th century.]
  3. (rare) Abducting, pertaining to an abduction (a kidnapping).
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As mentioned, there is widespread agreement that people frequently rely on abductive reasoning.
Holmes's primary intellectual detection method is abductive reasoning.
From this and from the fact that these theories were mostly arrived at by abductive reasoning, he concludes that abduction must be a reliable rule of inference.
Abductive reasoning is not limited to everyday contexts.
It makes use of abductive reasoning, which is fundamentally different from induction and deduction.
By juxtaposing Popper against Nietzsche, I would outline an abductive system which connects individual perspectivism with scientific reality.

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