The ampliative leap in diagnostics: the advantages of abductive inference in clinical reasoning
Alexander L. GungovSt. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia15 bul. Tsar Osvoboditel, 1504 Sofi a Center, Sofia, Bulgaria Examining diagnostics in logical terms, attention is usually paid to the interaction between deductive and inductive reasoning. This article discusses Ch.S. Peirce’s theory of abductive inference in the clinical diagnosis. The process of diagnostics is seen as a …