Abductive Reasoning In Science

Logic is not sufficient to determine everything in nature, but it is, I think, necessary.Abduction is logical, it is one of the modes of logical reasoning (ie., deductive, inductive and abductive). It is not deductively valid. This isn't a problem with deductive logic - after all, plenty of physics seems to be based on the deductions of mathematics, it just means that deduction does not have a monopoly in reasoning logically.

Wiki on logic:

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Logic (from the Greek λογική logikē)[1] refers to both the study of modes of reasoning (which are valid and which are fallacious)[2] and the use of valid reasoning.

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Logic is often divided into three parts, inductive reasoning, abductive reasoning, and deductive reasoning.

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From wiki on Abductive reasoning:

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Abduction[1] is a form of logical inference that goes from data description of something to a hypothesis that accounts for the reliable data and seeks to explain relevant evidence.

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That's what I mean when I say 'Abduction is logical'. Edited by Modulous, : No reason given.