he reasoning agent, while the other two modes
of reasoning essentially demand a constant interaction with
the outside world, a source of phenomena that will no doubt
keep exceeding the capacities of any finite resource, human
or machine.  Embedded in this larger reality, approximations
can only be judged appropriate in relation to a context of
use and a purpose in view.

A parallel distinction made in this connection is to
call deduction a demonstrative form of inference, while
abduction and induction are c