The inference from observed to unobserved things. Transdiction has the following forms. Induction is the inference from past to future, transduction is the inference from closed to open systems, retroduction is the inference from actual phenomena to structural causes, and retrodiction is the inference from events to antecedent causes (DPF 232). Retrodiction is the transition in practical explanation from resolved components of a complex to antecedent causes (SRHE 108). The ability to retrodict causes presupposes theoretical explanation and retroduction. Retroduction is the transition in theoretical explanation from manifest phenomena to their generating mechanisms (SRHE 108). Transduction pertains to the applicability of laws discovered in closed systems to open systems (SRHE 30).
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