The Elementary Forms of Pragmatism
On Different Types of Abduction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2397655 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thora Margareta Bertilsson (University of Copenhagen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 371-389 |
| Publication date | 2004-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1368431004044199 |
| OpenAlex | W2169753718 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 20 |
Among the classical pragmatists Charles Sanders Peirce is often regarded as the most removed from practical affairs; he is seen as the most 'scientific'. The aim of this article is to show his practical usefulness in daily affairs in determining that 'which is the case'. The abductive inference had a pivotal role in his pragmatist theory of inquiry. As Umberto Eco has shown, abduction is as equally central in the writing of detective stories as it is in the making of science. Recently, abduction has gained a renewed interest not only in the idea that science is basically 'conjectural' (Ginzburg and Popper), but also in different versions of critical realism. Here abduction gains interest as a 'theoretical inference' of special concern for the social sciences. An overview of various usages of abduction, from Eco to Bhaskar, is followed by a critical pragmatist assessment
Abductive reasoning · Critical realism (philosophy of perception · Epistemology · Inference · Pragmatism · Realism · Scientific realism · Sociology · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Realism in Sociology · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
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The Cosmopolitan Imagination
Social theory and the everyday
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Inside the Eco-home
Pragmatic professionalism
Collective action during the Covid-19 pandemic
(De)securitisation dilemmas
Abductive Cross-Case Comparison in Qualitative Research
Rasisme og motstand
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Guessing and Abduction
The Logical Goodness of Abduction in C. S. Peirce's Thought
The Aart of Ethnography
Gendered Institutions and Where to Find Them
Transcending the ‘End of War’ Debate
Unfolding the Social
Theorizing in Sociological Research
Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge
Conjectures and Refutations
Studies in ethnomethodology
Realism and Social Science
The Possibility of Naturalism
The Sociological Imagination
Method in Social Science
Sociological Practice
A Realist Theory of Science
The constitution of society
The sociological imagination
Consuming, Engaging and Confronting Science
Explaining Society, Critical Realism in the Social Sciences
The Operation Called Verstehen
| Citations per year | 1.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2024 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |