abductive reasoning

form of logical inference that seeks the best conclusion that explains a set of given observations
rdfs:label
"abductive reasoning"@en
skos:altLabel
"abduction"@en
"abductive inference"@en
"abductive logic"@en
"abductive reason"@en
"abductive thinking"@en
"abductive validation"@en
"adductive reasoning"@en
"apagoge"@en
"explanatory conclusion"@en
"hypothesis formation"@en
"inference to the best explanation"@en
"retroduction"@en
schema:description
"form of logical inference that seeks the best conclusion that explains a set of given observations"@en
schema:dateModified "2026-08-15T10:32:04+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime
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