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Logic Journal of IGPL 2006 14(2):179-187; doi:10.1093/jigpal/jzk013
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© The Author, 2006. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

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Abducing Abduction

Torgeir Knag Fylkesnes

University of Tromsø. Tromsø(Norway). E-mail: torgeir.knag.fylkesnes{at}gmail.com

My argument in this article is this: we need a shift of methodological focus, from the analyses of the results of creative processes, the subjects of creative processes, and justifying our theories by the use of examples to the analyses of the creative process using case-studies. The importance of the kind of method employed in abductive research has been underrated. Methods influence the validity of conclusions. I will mainly examine two different kinds of methodological focuses that in effect diverts attention away from abduction. I term these two focuses subject- and object focus. Furthermore I will draw attention to a kind of method that in a greater degree supports the principles of abduction and as such functions as a fruitful epistemic vehicle for examining the creative processes.

Key Words: abduction, methodology, case-studies

Received July 31, 2005.


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