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B.5.2:12 - Relations

  • Supplies explanation-led abduction within: B.5’s hypothesis-led empirical inquiry, before deduction and induction.
  • Typically operates during: B.5.1 Exploration.
  • Consumes: U.AbductivePrompt publications from B.5.2.0, often reached through B.4.1 and A.16.
  • Produces: hypothesis-bearing U.Episteme publications with explicit conjectural content, supports, fragilities and allowed use; no automatic AssuranceLevel:L0.
  • Provides inputs for: deduction, probe design and evidence synthesis when those questions are live. C.11 governs a separate feasible-action or acquisition choice; C.28 supplies needed causal-use support. A possible experiment is not funded or scheduled Work.
  • Uses: C.28.CM when causal mechanisms and alternatives must be constructed before their implications can inform the plausibility comparison.
  • Coordinates with: A.22.CGUS when the abductive prompt, B.4.1 cue publication, rival hypotheses, plausibility constraints, evidence-return loci, and downstream tests must be inspected as an AbductiveSearchUnfoldingStructure.

B.5.2:12.1 - Prompt-entry broadening via U.AbductivePrompt

Older wording that makes AnomalyStatement the exclusive entry form is superseded. B.5.2 accepts U.AbductivePrompt, where AnomalyStatement remains one canonical species alongside cue-derived prompt species such as ProblemCuePrompt, OpportunityCuePrompt, and ProbeCuePrompt.