Compare and contrast inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning

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Compare and contrast inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning Inductive reasoning examples ✔✔Swan 1 is white. Swan 2 is white. Swan 3....2000 is white. All the observed swans have been whi ... te. Therefore, all swans are white Moving from the particular to the general From the example to the rule Inductive reasoning enables us to make generalizations about the world in everyday life Deductive reasoning examples ✔✔All humans are mortals. I am a human being. Therefore, I am mortal. => From general to particular This is an argument called syllogism Two premises and a conclusion Three terms appearing twice: human, I, mortal Reason as a WOK ✔✔Our capacity to think beyond our immediate experiences We use reasoning to build our knowledge and to evaluate it Deductive reasoning ✔✔is the process of reasoning from one or more statements (premises) to reach a logically certain conclusion Inductive reasoning ✔✔reasoning in which the premises are viewed as supplying strong evidence for the truth of the conclusion. Deductive vs. Inductive ✔✔uses patterns to arrive at a conclusion (inductive) vs. uses, facts, rules and deffinitions or properties to arrive at a conclusion (deductive) Deductive vs. Inductive (Validity) ✔✔if the premise is true, the conclusion must be true (deductive) vs. If the premises are true, the conclusion is probably true (inductive) Deductive vs. Inductive ✔✔facts which are definitely true (deductive) vs. Evidence is used instead of facts (inductive) Reasoning ✔✔the action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way. [Show More]

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