| Overriding the wilful ignorance of his past, he tapped into his present state as a means to retrodict what could have been in bygone days. |
| We come to realize that the criterion of simplicity is also at work when we retrodict as well as when we predict. |
| We can, in other words, retrodict, and if we are good at it — if we can find a story that incorporates the events and fits their magnitude — we can bring the consolations of narrative to otherwise inexplicable occurrences. |
| The only measure of success here is how well the models retrodict climate. |
| It gives one some ability to predict with justification further events, and likewise to retrodict and juxtadict. |
| Hempel contends that laws and theories help explain, predict, or retrodict uniformity in natural phenomena. |
