It is true: among the many notions elaborated by Peirce, abduction is probably the most studied one. Richard Swedberg’s essay does a great job in highlighting all the heterogeneous forms of thinking that abduction comes to imply within Pierce’s “mature” thought. However, the criticisms moved in the conclusion against Peirce’s way of thinking about abduction – and, therefore, about the action of theorizing – could be relieved or re-thought if one considers the evolution of Peirce’s thoughts on the same issue. What is really an abduction if, as Swedberg shows very well, it is abduction itself that, according to Peirce, covers the whole process of theorizing?
Paolucci, C. (2012). A Few Remarks on Musement and Abduction. Comment on Richard Swedberg. SOCIOLOGICA, 02/2012, 1-6 [10.2383/38260].
A Few Remarks on Musement and Abduction. Comment on Richard Swedberg
PAOLUCCI, CLAUDIO
2012
Abstract
It is true: among the many notions elaborated by Peirce, abduction is probably the most studied one. Richard Swedberg’s essay does a great job in highlighting all the heterogeneous forms of thinking that abduction comes to imply within Pierce’s “mature” thought. However, the criticisms moved in the conclusion against Peirce’s way of thinking about abduction – and, therefore, about the action of theorizing – could be relieved or re-thought if one considers the evolution of Peirce’s thoughts on the same issue. What is really an abduction if, as Swedberg shows very well, it is abduction itself that, according to Peirce, covers the whole process of theorizing?I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
