induction

deduction

duck

reduction

is a combination of observation and prior knowledge to reach a general conclusion.

Given a specific hypothesis or observation, one combines observation and prior knowledge to reach a general conclusion' (NET)

is a crutch for the understanding, without which most of our cognition would be impossible, but one which is 'completely opposed to logical rule'.

He describes this form of inference as a 'crutch' for the understanding, without which most of our cognition would be impossible, but one which is 'completely opposed to logical rule'. (CAYGILL 'Kant dictionary' : 254)

is an argument from observation (i.e. That tall boys seem to have more success) whereas a deduction is an argument from rule or law (I.E height leads to success).

(1) the tall boys seem to have more success (argument from observation) (2) height leads to success (argument from rule or law)

is an argument from the particular to the universal whereas deduction is an argument from the universal to the particular.

deduction which goes from the universal to the particular, we have induction which goes from the particular to the universal' (Agamben 'what is a paradigm

is like deduction a way of approaching an argument, such that any inductive argument can be reformulated to be deductive. (i.e. Height leads to success / tall boys seem to have more success).

Any inductive argument can also be expressed deductively, and any deductive argument can also be expressed inductively' (NET)

is when the premises, or evidence, only 'support' but do not entail the conclusion. A deductive inference, on the other hand, is an inference in which the premises entail, or demonstrate.

Thus a deductive inference is often characterized as one in which the premises entail, or demonstrate, the conclusion... while an inductive inference is one in which the premises, or evidence, only 'support.' but do not entail, the conclusion, so that there is no contradiction between the evidence being true and the conclusion false' I'What is Induction', by Charles A. Fritz, Jr. The Journal of Philosophy © 1960. 126-138) (127).

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