Thursday, February 10, 2011

Inductive/Deductive Reasoning

I believe that deductive reasoning goes from something general to a particular statement, while inductive starts for a specific or particular statement to a general statement. 

Example of deductive reasoning:

General statement: All dogs barks.
All german shepards bark.Specific statement: Therefore, german shepards are dogs.

Example of inductive reasoning:

Specific statement: Dogs are mammals.
Dogs produce milk.
General statement: Therefore, all mammals produce milk.

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