On 2014 Oct 06, Anders von Heijne commented:

Yes, the abductive mode of thinking that Peirce described is really very crucial in all forms of diagnostics. Depending on the problem at hand we clearly use different logical strategies. This is a must read, together with Lawson AE1, Daniel ES. Inferences of clinical diagnostic reasoning and diagnostic error.J Biomed Inform. 2011 Jun;44(3):402-12. Sadly this sort of analysis seldom appears in clinical speciality journals. If you are lucky you can find articles on Dual System theory and Bayesian theory, but without abduction there is no place to start using these techniques. We all need a dose of metacognitive musings from time to time.

On 2014 Oct 06, Anders von Heijne commented:

Yes, the abductive mode of thinking that Peirce described is really very crucial in all forms of diagnostics. Depending on the problem at hand we clearly use different logical strategies. This is a must read, together with Lawson AE1, Daniel ES. Inferences of clinical diagnostic reasoning and diagnostic error.J Biomed Inform. 2011 Jun;44(3):402-12. Sadly this sort of analysis seldom appears in clinical speciality journals. If you are lucky you can find articles on Dual System theory and Bayesian theory, but without abduction there is no place to start using these techniques. We all need a dose of metacognitive musings from time to time.