Contrasted with deduction, it's the type of reasoning that moves from particulars & generalities
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Deductive Reasoning vs. Inductive Reasoning - Live Science  Mar 23, 2015 ... Deduction starts out with a generalization that follows a process to ... Another type of reasoning, inductive, is also used. ... "In deductive inference, we hold a theory and based on it we make a prediction of its consequences.
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Aristotle: Logic | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy  Aristotelian logic, after a great and early triumph, consolidated its position of influence to .... (Moral decision-making is, for Aristotle, a form of reasoning that can occur ..... of wearing a red hat described in the second proposition is, in sharp contrast, ..... First, induction moves from particulars to a universal, whereas deduction...
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Deductive Versus Inductive Reasoning - The Naked Science Society  Inductive and deductive reasoning are two methods of logic used to arrive at a ... Deductive reasoning can be described as reasoning of the form if A then B. Deduction ... we cannot directly observe a cause, and can only observe its consequences. ... from observations of individual cases to the development of a generality.
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Deduction & Induction - Social Research Methods  Deductive reasoning works from the more general to the more specific. ... that it's "bottom up" and not "bottoms up" which is the kind of thing the bartender says to...
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Deductive, Inductive and Abductive Reasoning - TIP Sheet - Butte ...  Three methods of reasoning are the deductive, inductive, and abductive approaches. ... Deductive reasoning moves from the general rule to the specific application: In ... A syllogism yields a false conclusion if either of its propositions is false. ... trains, for example) and the results of logical and mathematical tools (deduction),...
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Theorem - Wikipedia  In mathematics, a theorem is a statement that has been proved on the basis of previously established statements, such as other theoremsand generally accepted statements, such as axioms. A theorem is a logical consequence of the axioms. The proof of a mathematical theorem is a logical argument for the theorem ... The proof of a theorem is often interpreted as justification of the truth of the...
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Admissibility of Extrinsic Evidence - National Paralegal College  An ambiguity apparent on the face of the instrument and arising by reason of any ... A latent ambiguity exists when the language of the will, though clear on its face ... courts will survey the testator's relationships with the intended beneficiaries,...
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Logical Fallacies - Philosophical Society.com  A fallacy is an invalid form of argument, an instance of incorrect reasoning. ... including the popular superstition that words have a magical power and such ... (literally, "for catching the common herd"). ... (Crumena from the Latin means "purse".) .... non sequitur ("it does not follow") -- A statement that does not logically follow...
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A Priori Justification and Knowledge (Stanford Encyclopedia of ...  Dec 9, 2007 ... For those that do, a priori knowledge is knowledge based on a priori justification. ..... so as to express a logical truth by substituting appropriate synonyms for .... the proposition which is its object; all others are based on experience. ... These are not innate ideas that people are born with, even if there are...
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Logic - Wikipedia  Logic originally meaning "the word" or "what is spoken is generally held to consist of the ... The validity of an argument is determined by its logical form, not by its content. ... The works of Aristotle contain the earliest known formal study of logic. ..... in critical logical analyses of philosophical arguments, often using variations of...
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Analogy as the Core of Cognition - Stanford Presidential Lectures  One should not think of analogy-making as a special variety of reasoning (as in the dull ... Or, to trot out another analogy, life is like a chess game, and babies are like .... have any inkling of the vastness of their mental lexicons (I owe a major debt ..... of years before one has acquired the various pieces of cognitive equipment...
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What are the differences between "assumption" and "presumption"?  May 14, 2014 ... A presumption is something you think is true before you know any facts .... that something is true b : a fact or statement (as a proposition, axiom,...
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Chapter 1 A Plea for the Study of Reasoning  of revision in changing one's view; One can reason without knowing what the relevant principles of revision are and it may well be that reasoning is a relatively...
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[L01] What is logic? - Philosophy HKU  Studying the correct principles of reasoning is not the same as studying the ... (not the only) thing that we study in logic are principles governing the validity of...
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Full text of "The theory of thought, a treatise on deductive logic"  OF CONCEPTS. I. THE TERM. 1. General Divisions of Logic 2. Abstraction. .... 3 Hence the definition may be conveniently abbreviated thus : A Science is a ..... 2 The reader must not be offended to find these axiomatic laws so obvious as to seem ...... Also, it seems that the literature of thought, from the early days of Greek...
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The Legal Concept of Evidence (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)  Nov 13, 2015 ... After all, there are in law many special rules on what can or cannot ..... If the court relies on direct evidence, it can claim superior access to ...... 2001, E is for Eclectic: Multiple Perspectives on Evidence, Virginia Law Review, 87:20292054. ..... Wills, W., 1852, An Essay on the Principles of Circumstantial...
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Aristotle - Wikiquote  The sharp, therefore, is not rapid, and the flat slow; but such a motion is .... Those who assert that the mathematical sciences say nothing of the beautiful or the good ..... for him and his fellow citizensa happiness different from political action, and ..... for, while both are dear, piety requires us to honour truth above our friends.
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"I think, therefore I exist" -- Rene Descartes - Free Republic  In other words, can I say that Michelangelo's statue of David is really different from a block of marble? ..... I love to go out on a pier and look at the waves as they travel into the shore. ... I'm not trying to bust your chops. ..... of actual thought your reversal of "I think therefore I am" to "I am therefore I think" (sum ergo cogito) might...
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Phil 106: Critical Thinking - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville  I. Deduction vs. Induction. A. Deductive Form: The premises are intended to ... If a valid argument has a false conclusion, then at least one premise must be false.
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Kant, Critique of Judgment (excerpt): pdf - david bard-schwarz  The finer feeling that we will now consider is preeminently of two kinds: the feeling of the ...... of judgement and reason, (faculties that also belong to theoretical cognition,) ... A critique of pure reason, i.e., of our faculty of judging on a priori principles, ..... of inefficiency for producing the effect can deter from straining towards it.
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Stephen's Guide to the Logical Fallacies - People Server at UNCW  Definition: Arguments of this form assume that since something has not been ... to pity and argue that the pitiful state of the arguer has nothing to do with the truth of the proposition. ... (ii) A reasonable person would agree that our income statement is too low. ..... The term non sequitur literally means "it does not follow". In this...