Re: AI and Logic: Induction, Deduction, Abduction (was Re:

Dan Fabulich (daniel.fabulich@yale.edu)
Wed, 12 Nov 1997 20:18:33 -0500


At 12:18 PM 11/12/97 -0500, you wrote:
>The process of hypothesizing (B) from the knowledge of (A) and the
^^^^^^^^^^^
>observation (C) is called abduction.

Ah ha! I *KNEW* we had a word for it somewhere! My question: do we
really need a new word that means hypothesis?

-YEAH BABY I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT YOU'D WANT ME TOO-