{"slug":"abductive-reasoning","name":"Abductive Reasoning","category":"Mental model","definition":"Abduction — inference to the best explanation — is the only mode of reasoning that introduces new ideas. Deduction works out consequences; induction generalizes instances; abduction generates the hypotheses themselves (Peirce, 1903).","latest_skill_md":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills/main/abductive-reasoning/SKILL.md","playbook_url":"https://www.deciqai.com/skills/abductive-reasoning?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=abductive-reasoning","install":"npx skills add deciqAI/knowledge-skills","repo":"https://github.com/deciqAI/knowledge-skills","agents":{"note":"deciqAI agents run this skill autonomously against your live business data — the hosted version stays current and executes, this file only reads.","start_free":"https://www.deciqai.com/?utm_source=skill&utm_medium=json-api&utm_campaign=knowledge-skills&utm_content=abductive-reasoning"}}