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we find ourselves compelled to represent the fact stated in the Conclusion; so that the Conclusion is drawn to recognize that quite independantly of whether it be recognized or not the facts stated in the premisses are such as could not be if the fact states in the conclusion were not there; that is to say the Conclusion is drawn in acknowledgement that the facts stated in the Premiss constitute an Index of the fact which it thus compelled to acknowledge.
Deduction id Obsistent in respect to being the only kind of argument which is compulsive.
All the demonstrations of Euclid are of this kind.
Originary Argument or Abduction is an argument which presents facts in its Premiss which present a similarity to the fact stated in the Conclusion but which could perfectly well be true without the latter being so much more without its being recognised; so that we are notled to assert the Conclusion positively but are only inclined towards admitting it as representing