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jasirs94 at Mar 25, 2017 09:46 PM

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can be of little aid in natural theology, I would like to
call a moment's attention to a point which seems to afford an
important aid in understanding toward attaining a right comprehension of the
peculiar function of this third stage of inquiry. The point
I mean is that
Retroduction and Induction face opposite ways.
The function of retroduction is not unlike those fortuitous
variations in reproduction which played so important a rôle
in Darwin's original theory. In point of fact, according to him
every step in the long history of the development of the moner

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can be of little aid in natural theology, I would like to call a moment's attention to a point which seems to afford an important aid toward attaining a right comprehension of the peculiar function of this third stage of inquiry. the point I mean is that Retroduction and Induction face opposite ways. The function of retroduction is not unlike those fortuitous variations in reproduction which played so important a rôle in Darwin's original theory. In point of fact, according to him every step in the long history of the development of the moner