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| quote= Gould ... emphasized that historical scientist tested their theories by evaluating their explanatory power.}}</ref> Historical scientists commonly use:

| quote= Gould ... emphasized that historical scientist tested their theories by evaluating their explanatory power.}}</ref> Historical scientists commonly use:

*(i) the type of reasoning named ''[[abductive reasoning|abduction]]''<ref name="Signature"/>,  

*(i) the type of reasoning named ''[[abductive reasoning|abduction]]''<ref name="Signature"/>,  

*(ii) ''inference to the best explanation'' and  

*(ii) ''[[Inference to the Best Explanation|inference to the best explanation]]'' and  

*(iii) ''[[Analogy|argument from analogy]]''.<ref name="LENNOX">{{cite book

*(iii) ''[[Analogy|argument from analogy]]''.<ref name="LENNOX">{{cite book

|author=John C. Lennox

|author=John C. Lennox