Inductive reasoning is any of various methods of reasoning in which broad generalizations or principles are derived from a body of observations. This article...

includes forms of non-deductive reasoning, such as inductive, abductive, and analogical reasoning. The forms of logical reasoning have in common that they use...

conclusion. Deductive reasoning contrasts with non-deductive or ampliative reasoning. For ampliative arguments, such as inductive or abductive arguments...

as deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, and abductive reasoning. Aristotle drew a distinction between logical discursive reasoning (reason proper)...

Scientific inquiry includes creating a testable hypothesis through inductive reasoning, testing it through experiments and statistical analysis, and adjusting...

formalized in the same language called the Calculus of Inductive Constructions (CIC). Automated reasoning has been most commonly used to build automated theorem...

sub-classifications in deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning and abductive reasoning. ‘Deductive reasoning is a basic form of valid reasoning, commencing with a...

Inductive reasoning aptitude (also called differentiation or inductive learning ability) measures how well a person can identify a pattern within a large...

consequences, and then empirically attempting to falsify them. In inductive reasoning, one makes a series of observations and infers a claim based on them...

based on those laws. The laws of nature are arrived at through inductive reasoning. David Hume's problem of induction demonstrates that one must appeal...

in retreat terms such as "best available" or "most likely". While inductive reasoning draws general conclusions that apply to many situations, abductive...

rules. It can also be compared to Petals Around the Rose, a similar inductive reasoning puzzle where the "secret rule" is always the same. The game can be...

means that it relies on inductive reasoning in an argument to justify an assertion. Informal fallacies contain erroneous reasoning in content of the argument...

Solomonoff's theory of inductive inference proves that, under its common sense assumptions (axioms), the best possible scientific model is the shortest...

support to their conclusions. For such cases, the term ampliative or inductive reasoning is used. Deductive arguments are associated with formal logic in...

Despite its name, mathematical induction differs fundamentally from inductive reasoning as used in philosophy, in which the examination of many cases results...

primary school years mostly use inductive reasoning, but adolescents start to use deductive reasoning. Inductive reasoning is when children draw general...

A theory is a rational type of abstract thinking about a phenomenon, or the results of such thinking. The process of contemplative and rational thinking...

arguments, which may determine a cause-and-effect relationship. Inductive reasoning is an inference made with uncertainty; the conclusion is likely,...

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assumption for covariate information. Objective randomization allows properly inductive procedures. Many statisticians prefer randomization-based analysis of...

argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events in nature. He believed that science...

Mesopotamia to be the source rather than Egypt. Culture history uses inductive reasoning unlike its main rival, processual archaeology which stresses the...

requires inductive reasoning to arrive at the premises for the principle of inductive reasoning, and therefore the justification for inductive reasoning is...

is no guarantee that the generalization is correct. However, all inductive reasoning where data is too scarce for statistical relevance is inherently...

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deductive reasoning which establish logical certainty, to be distinguished from empirical arguments or non-exhaustive inductive reasoning which establish...

analogical reasoning, inductive reasoning or categorical syllogism. Some Islamic scholars argued that Qiyas refers to inductive reasoning, which Ibn Hazm...

Argument from analogy is a special type of inductive argument, where perceived similarities are used as a basis to infer some further similarity that...

science at Stanford University in 1986 for research on inductive reasoning and analogical reasoning supervised by Michael Genesereth. His PhD was supported...