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by the phrase "determined logically by previous cognitions" -- especially<BR>
the word "determined" -- since in the case of abduction a unique hypothesis<BR>
may not be determined by previous cognitions. <BR>
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It may not follow deductively from them, but it may be determined by them, in the sense that some deterministic psychological mechanism may generate the abductive conclusion from the prior cognitive state. Given the time Peirce was writing, it was maybe expecting too much for him 