 | This picture of Auguste Deter was taken in 1906, shortly before her death. Her contribtion to the "discovery" of Alzheimer's Disease has been documented here and elsewhere. I always found it curious that we haven't uniformly identified the discovery as early onset disease since she was in her early 50s when she actually died. Recently I started reading the work of Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) a scientist, philosopher, mathematician and self described logician. Peirce defined the three types of reasoning as one in the same with similar stages in scientific research.
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The simplest way to apply reasoning and logic directly to scientific findings: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
| Abduction Rule: All the beans in this bag are white Result: These beans are white Case: These beans are from this bag | Deduction Rule: All the beans in this bag are white Case: These beans are from this bag Result: These beans ae white | Induction Case: These beans are from this bag Result: These beans are white Rule: All the beans in this bag are white |
I like to explore theories of inference to understand how we examine clinical evidence in healthcare.
Thought of CS Peirce--Geoff McDonnell, dynamic systems modeling
Qualitative Research Methods--Coursera
- Abduction is legitimate and creative, but remains a guess
- Conspiracy theories:
- Wild interpretations are presented as "facts"
- Wrong induction and wrong deduction
- Cherry picking & Confirmation bias
- General rule is bent until it fits
- Rebuttal is cover-up
