retroductiveadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˌrɛtrəˈdʌktɪv/, U.S.

/ˌrɛtrəˈdəktɪv/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin retrōduct- , retrōdūcere , -ive suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin retrōduct-, past participial stem of retrōdūcere retroduce v. + -ive suffix, after retroduction n.

Originally: characterized by working backwards from effect to cause. Later: (Philosophy) characterized by or relating to retroduction (see retroduction n. 3). Also (in quot. 1846) as adv.: = retroductively adv. at Derivatives.

ΚΠ

1846 Bentley's Misc. 20 125/2 When the goal of such a task I'd gain'd, By tracing retroductive, link by link, The complex chain of causes and effects.

1856 W. E. Jelf Notes to Aristotle's Ethics vii. 129 The one is the inductive, the other the deductive, or, perhaps, more properly retroductive power, because it refers back principles and phænomena to the higher and more fixed principles on which they depend.

a1914 C. S. Peirce Coll. Papers (1932) II. 491 Induction..is manifestly adequate, with the aid of retroduction and of deductions from retroductive suggestions, to discovering any regularity.

1974 P. Achinstein in F. Suppe Struct. Sci. Theories 357 Retroductive or explanatory reasoning..is reasoning falling under the logic of discovery, whereas deductive reasoning from established theories is reasoning falling under the logic of justification.

1976 C. Selltiz et al. Res. Methods Social Relations (ed. 3) ii. 32 An example of retroductive reasoning appears in a study of the decline in trust in the national government during the last decade.

2005 Sociol. Theory 23 363 There is no prediction but rather a retroductive analysis specifying social determinants.

Derivatives

retroˈductively adv.

ΚΠ

1898 C. S. Peirce Coll. Papers (1935) iii. 46 They seem to me to mark different types of retroductively inferred facts—facts, which..furnished the universal process of Nature.

1985 J. Urry in D. Gregory & J. Urry Social Relations & Spatial Structures iii. 28 These theories are built up ‘in reverse’, retroductively, and they are developed in order to make sense of a set of puzzling empirical phenomena.

2005 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 69 459/1 Under the algorithm, one retroductively advances a global model based on existing knowledge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	retroductive
释义	retroductiveadj.adv. Brit. /ˌrɛtrəˈdʌktɪv/, U.S. /ˌrɛtrəˈdəktɪv/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin retrōduct- , retrōdūcere , -ive suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin retrōduct-, past participial stem of retrōdūcere retroduce v. + -ive suffix, after retroduction n. Originally: characterized by working backwards from effect to cause. Later: (Philosophy) characterized by or relating to retroduction (see retroduction n. 3). Also (in quot. 1846) as adv.: = retroductively adv. at Derivatives. ΚΠ 1846 Bentley's Misc. 20 125/2 When the goal of such a task I'd gain'd, By tracing retroductive, link by link, The complex chain of causes and effects. 1856 W. E. Jelf Notes to Aristotle's Ethics vii. 129 The one is the inductive, the other the deductive, or, perhaps, more properly retroductive power, because it refers back principles and phænomena to the higher and more fixed principles on which they depend. a1914 C. S. Peirce Coll. Papers (1932) II. 491 Induction..is manifestly adequate, with the aid of retroduction and of deductions from retroductive suggestions, to discovering any regularity. 1974 P. Achinstein in F. Suppe Struct. Sci. Theories 357 Retroductive or explanatory reasoning..is reasoning falling under the logic of discovery, whereas deductive reasoning from established theories is reasoning falling under the logic of justification. 1976 C. Selltiz et al. Res. Methods Social Relations (ed. 3) ii. 32 An example of retroductive reasoning appears in a study of the decline in trust in the national government during the last decade. 2005 Sociol. Theory 23 363 There is no prediction but rather a retroductive analysis specifying social determinants. Derivatives retroˈductively adv. ΚΠ 1898 C. S. Peirce Coll. Papers (1935) iii. 46 They seem to me to mark different types of retroductively inferred facts—facts, which..furnished the universal process of Nature. 1985 J. Urry in D. Gregory & J. Urry Social Relations & Spatial Structures iii. 28 These theories are built up ‘in reverse’, retroductively, and they are developed in order to make sense of a set of puzzling empirical phenomena. 2005 Jrnl. Wildlife Managem. 69 459/1 Under the algorithm, one retroductively advances a global model based on existing knowledge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.1846
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