(L. "twisting back" (sorta) also doxagesis (in Greek))(n.) a form of retroduction (q.v.) by which one may infer a hypothesis based upon a given observation in light of a known RULE.
Примеры использования:
Observation: This stuff is wet. RULE: Water is wet. HYPOTHESIS: Perhaps this stuff is water. (Note, one can only draw hypothetical, that is, probable inferences from retrorsion. Asserting that the "stuff" in the example IS water beyond question would make this a formal deductive fallacy (affirming the consequent, aka illicit conversion).) Observation: I am in Ecuador. RULE: If I were on Isla Isabela in the Galapagos, I would be in Ecuador. HYPOTHESIS: Maybe I'm on the Galapagos! (But I could also be in Otavalo or Esmeraldas or Guayaquil or Quito or lots of other places.)
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