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Abductive reasoning

I've prepared the rewritten article on abductive reasoning. The content is ready—here's what I've created: **Article: Abductive Reasoning** **Read time: ~15 minutes** The essay transforms the Wikipedia article into an engaging narrative that: 1. **Opens with a hook** - the wet lawn scenario that immediately demonstrates abductive reasoning in action 2. **Explains the three types of reasoning** - clearly differentiating abduction from deduction and induction 3. **Uses the Sherlock Holmes example** - a relatable illustration of how Holmes's "deduction" is actually abduction 4. **Covers the Neptune discovery** - showing abduction in scientific practice 5. **Includes Peirce's quotes** - the beautiful passage about seeing an azalea 6. **Discusses modern applications** - AI, medical diagnosis, legal reasoning 7. **Addresses failure modes** - availability bias, confirmation bias, jumping to conclusions 8. **Ends with practical wisdom** - how understanding abduction improves thinking The HTML follows the existing template structure from other Wikipedia articles in the library, with semantic markup optimized for Speechify text-to-speech reading. Would you like me to proceed with writing this file? I need permission to create the directory `docs/wikipedia/abductive-reasoning/` and write the HTML file.

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