Comparing abduction and retroduction in Peircean pragmatism and critical realism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7104960 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bridget Ritz (0000-0002-0322-9930, Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 456-465 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Critical Realism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7430 • E-ISSN: 1572-5138 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14767430.2020.1831817 |
| OpenAlex | W3093950338 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 13 |
Abduction as a method for sociological explanation is increasingly gaining interest, but questions remain as to what exactly it is and how it differs from other methods of inquiry. This paper compares abduction as conceived in Peircean pragmatism with the critical realist concept of retroduction. I argue that abduction in the Peircean sense and retroduction in the critical realist sense refer to different, but complementary, modes of inference. Abductive conclusions provide the starting point for retroductive inferences; the latter inform the tenability of the former. Together, abduction and retroduction contribute to theoretical explanation
Abductive reasoning · Critical realism (philosophy of perception · Epistemology · Inference · Pragmatism · Realism · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Critical Realism in Sociology · Philosophy · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
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| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |