What is the difference in inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning.?

Answer 1

this may help.

Answer 2

I think an example would help here.

All Frenchmen speak French.
Jean is a Frenchman.
1. Therefore, Jean speaks French.

Jean speaks French.
Jean is a Frenchman.
2. Therefore, all Frenchmen speak French.

The first conclusion is reached through deductive reasoning. It goes from the universal to the particular. Usually, there can be no doubt about the conclusion.

The second conclusion is reached through inductive reasoning. It usually goes from the particular to the universal. Usually, one can't be totally certain about the conclusion.

This is a very brief explanation, ok?

Answer 3

Many people distinguish between two basic kinds of argument: inductive and deductive. Induction is usually described as moving from the specific to the general, while deduction begins with the general and ends with the specific; arguments based on experience or observation are best expressed inductively, while arguments based on laws, rules, or other widely accepted principles are best expressed deductively.

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Answer 4

I think inductive reasoning, is where you attempt to generalize an observation or a theory based on specific events/conclusions. For example: Joe loves candies. Joe has diabetes. Therefore, All who loves candies have diabetes. (something like this)

And deductive reasoning is the opposite. You begin first with a general statement then try to prove it with specific evidences.
For example: All Death eaters are followers of Voldemort. Mr. Kuckoo is a follower of Voldemort. Therefore Mr. Kuckoo is a Death eater.

hope this helps.

Answer 5

Deductive reasoning (aka Symbolic Logic or Formal Logic) uses symbols and variables to deduce a conclusion based on a set of premises. Inductive reasoning (aka Non-symbolic Logic or Informal Logic) is the way you analyse, for example, a newspaper article, to determine what point the writer is trying to make, does the writer suppress any premises, does the argument rest on the truth of any unsupported and/or unsupportable claims, is the writer's reasoning or logic valid or is it faulty, etc.

Answer 6

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