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Long Description
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(Churchman et al., 2025) The significance of adopting a realist ontology is that, unlike relativist ontology, it assumes that reality and truth are independent of context and the individual values, norms and beliefs of humans. Retroduction is a methodological alternative to more commonly used deductive and inductive research methods. The “retro” in retroduction implies a form of backcasting in which analysis considers a predefined theory, in this case that a certain energy source option could be feasible; identifies the conditions under which this theory would be true; and assesses the likelihood of these conditions being met. It is aligned with answer first / pyramid principle approaches used by strategy consultancies to assess strategic options.
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