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Some examples of Inductive reasoning
1. If my neighbour’s dog has been friendly to me in the past, I am confident that it will not bite me today.
2. Since my chair has supported my weight in the past, I expect it to continue to do so.
3. Since no human being has ever lived beyond the age of 125, I know that human beings are mortal.
4. Language: based on inductive generalisation. When we give things labels, we implicitly organise them into general classes so that we can make predictions about them.
5. Science: uses inductive reasoning- formulates general laws on the basis of a limited number of observations.
Can you think of any more examples?
Truth and Validity
Premises Logic Conclusion
True Valid Must be T.
True Invalid Could be T. or F.
False Valid Could be T. Or F.
False Invalid Could Be T. or F.
Deductive vs. Inductive
Deduction Induction
Definition Goes from general to particular
Goes from particular to the general
Example 1. All dogs are mammals
2. Fido is a dog3. Therefore, Fido is a
mammal
In history, people I know and know of have died.CONCLUSION: all humans are mortal.
Value More certain, but less informative.
More informative but less certain.
5. ‘Straw Man’ – this is the misrepresentation of an opponent in an argument in the following possible ways: