By Mariana Zafeirakopoulos
How does the way we approach complex problems differ from how we approach problems that are familiar or obvious?
In this i2Insights contribution, I explore four kinds of reasoning:
- Deduction
- Induction
- Abduction
- Design abduction.
Design abduction is the brain-child of Professor Kees Dorst (2015). In simplified terms, these different kinds of reasoning can be compared as follows (Watson and Dorst, 2022, p. 3; taken from Dorst, 2015, pp. 46-49):