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...Another way in looking at inductive and deductive argument is to recognise that... from general to specific while deduction goes from specific to general. ... from more specific premises, while inductive inferences leap from a bunch ... but it's misleading. Some inductively strong arguments have general premiss ... will be green' And some deductively correct arguments proceed from particular ...

... Immortalist wrote: [T]he "deductions" of Sherlock Holmes: I have ... been interested ... ordinary fact. Supposedly the purpose of induction is to establish "first principles." ...* Marvin is vegetarian. Not clearly deductively correct. (Marvin may be carnivore though...method premise _verifies_ conclusion and in inductive method premise _increases the likelihood_ of...

..." and you will be taken to page 1 of the book, and you can read through the first 11 pages. Search next for "scientific" and you can go on a page -- which should be enough to help explain the ideas of deduction and induction.

...> Immortalist wrote: [T]he "deductions" of Sherlock Holmes: I have ... been interested in...> * Marvin is vegetarian. Not clearly deductively correct. (Marvin may be carnivore though ... method premiss _verifies_ conclusion and in inductive method premiss _increases the likelihood_ of ... of like cases show sufficient consistency that inductive generalisation is possible. (Though if you ...

...Immortalist wrote: [T]he "deductions" of Sherlock Holmes: I have ... been ...fact. Supposedly the purpose of induction is to establish "first principles...that is both deductivly and inductively adequate: All man are mortal...Marvin is vegetarian. Not clearly deductively correct. (Marvin may be carnivore...premiss _verifies_ conclusion and in inductive method premiss _increases the likelihood_...

... general down to the specific. Induction = of reasoning; proceeding from particular ... http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/deduction ################################## deduce: -verb (used with object...Immortalist wrote: [T]he "deductions" of Sherlock Holmes: I have ... been...their physical characteristics and dressing Holmes could deduce, with nearly absolute...

... the general down to the specific. Induction = of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts ... Immortalist wrote: [T]he "deductions" of Sherlock Holmes: I have ... been interested ...of Paul Feyerabend's methodological anarchism. Holmes' investigations are largely regarded and of... social situations fairly accurately. Reading Holmes' stories could therefore prove excellent ...

... general down to the specific. Induction = of reasoning; proceeding from particular ... http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/deduction ################################## deduce: -verb (used with object),... Immortalist wrote: [T]he "deductions" of Sherlock Holmes: I have ... been...Paul Feyerabend's methodological anarchism. Holmes' investigations are largely regarded and...

... the general down to the specific. Induction = of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts .... Immortalist wrote: [T]he "deductions" of Sherlock Holmes: I have ... been interested ... of Paul Feyerabend's methodological anarchism. Holmes' investigations are largely regarded and of ... social situations fairly accurately. Reading Holmes' stories could therefore prove excellent ...