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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Semiotics

Background:

  • Abduction, conceptualized by Peirce as a logical inference for
  • best guessing,
  • is central to creativity and insight generation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate abduction as a fundamental stage in the creative process.
  • To synthesize diverse theoretical perspectives on abduction.
  • To explore abduction's role in interpretation and design.

Main Methods:

  • Review and analysis of seminal definitions of abduction (Peirce, Eco, Bateson, Alexander).
  • Integration of abduction within an ecosystemic framework and Code Biology.
  • Examination of abduction theories in design studies.

Main Results:

  • Abduction enables innovative insights and interpretation of the environment.
  • Eco's classification (overcoded, undercoded, creative) highlights abduction's spectrum.
  • Code Biology provides a framework where coding, decoding, and abduction facilitate environmental interpretation.

Conclusions:

  • Abduction is a vital cognitive process underpinning creativity, perception, and knowledge acquisition.
  • Integrating abduction into Code Biology enriches understanding of environmental interpretation.
  • Abduction is a key mechanism in application-oriented creativity, particularly in design.