This research supports the value of psychology for the study of abduction, and the value of abduction for better understanding psychological meaning-making. More specifically, we argue that the logical structure of abduction is supported by psychological processes, namely, surprise, the psychological normalization of that surprise by a proposed explanatory hypothesis, and the projection of that hypothesis as a normalizing, interpretive lens onto related subsequent experiences. We examine how abduction can be better understood by taking into consideration what Peirce called belief, an understanding of belief that in effect reflects the psychological aspects of abduction. We also examine how abduction helps identify a line of reasoning that people follow with or without their explicit knowledge. The empirical study involves a series of semi-structured interviews focusing on the genesis of perceived loneliness and solitude as normalizing habits of positive expectation from the situation of being alone.

这项研究支持心理学对绑架研究的价值，以及绑架对更好地理解心理意义制定的价值。更具体地说，我们认为绑架的逻辑结构得到心理过程的支持，即惊讶，通过提出的解释性假设对惊讶的心理正常化，以及将该假设作为规范化、解释性镜头投射到相关后续经验上。我们通过考虑 Peirce 所说的信念来研究如何更好地理解绑架，这种对信念的理解实际上反映了绑架的心理方面。我们还研究了绑架如何帮助确定人们在有或没有明确知识的情况下遵循的推理路线。