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1. A Current Issue in the Philosophy of Science.- 2. Peirce and His Theory of Abduction.- 3. The General Character of Abduction.- I: The Early Theory.- 1. Peirce’s Earliest Conception of Inference.- 2. Three Kinds of Inference and Three Figures of Syllogism.- 3. Ampliative Inference and Cognition.- 4. Induction and Hypothesis.- 5. The Method of Methods.- II: The Later Theory.- 1. The Transitional Period.- 2. Three Stages of Inquiry.- 3. Abduction and Guessing Instinct.- 4. Logic as a Normative Science.- 5. Hypothesis Construction and Selection.- 6. Abduction and Pragmatism.- 7. Economy of Research.- 8. Justification of Abduction.- Conclusion.