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The 14 pages that link to Abduction, each with the reason it gives.

• PragmatismRelated: Peirce treated abduction as the opening move in inquiry when experience presents a problem.

• Detective fictionRelated: Detectives often use this reasoning to turn scattered clues into a testable theory.

• Inductive reasoningCompared with: Abduction seeks an explanatory hypothesis, while induction commonly projects patterns or estimates.

• InductionCompared with: Abduction proposes explanations, while induction primarily projects patterns or estimates.

• Charles Sanders PeirceBroader topic: Peirce treated it as the inventive first step in scientific inquiry.

• ConclusionRelated: An explanatory conclusion can be supported as the best account, not proved.

• Missing personCompared with: Abduction is one possible explanation for a disappearance, not a synonym for being missing.

• Gregory BatesonRelated: Bateson treated abductive reasoning as a way to recognize patterns across different fields.

• Child soldierRelated: Armed groups may abduct children to recruit them or compel their service.

• Metacarpophalangeal jointRelated: The fingers spread apart from the middle finger at these joints.

• KidnappingRelated: Abduction describes the taking that often forms part of a kidnapping.

• Carlo GinzburgRelated: Historical reconstruction often requires proposing explanations for traces that do not directly state their meaning.

• ArabanooRelated: His forced removal placed Arabanoo in the colonists’ custody and shaped his intermediary role.

• Natascha KampuschNarrower topic: Kampusch’s captivity began when she was taken on her way to school.