Thanks to Terry for the mention of bold Popperian conjectures, I was wondering what is the difference between an abduction and a conjecture.
On the topic of the emergence of life on earth, one of Popper's admirers has an interesting paper to demonstrate the difference between the traditional method of inductivism and the conjectural/abductive approach. Allow a few seconds for the pdf to load. http://www.the-rathouse.com/shortreviews/Wachterhauser_on_Popper___origin_of_life.pdf Rafe Champion Sydney --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the PEIRCE-L listserv. To remove yourself from this list, send a message to lists...@listserv.iupui.edu with the line "SIGNOFF PEIRCE-L" in the body of the message. To post a message to the list, send it to PEIRCE-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
