Abduction and "logica docens"

Abstract

In this article I analyze the Peirce’s concepts of abduction, insight, logica utens and logica docens in order to propose, finally, a vision in which “genuine” abductions are generated only after an exercise in logica docens. These “genuine” abductions are characterized in contrast to those generated by means of logica utens.

Keywords

• abducción
• insight
• instinto
• logica docens
• logica utens.