Babies and children are the true masters of induction. There are many studies in physiology literature regarding the development of children. Most of these studies focus on children’s inductive reasoning as children are constantly learning new things. Children do not learn from textbooks; they learn by observing, trying, and failing. So, they learn by induction….
How does abductive reasoning relate to the current developments in artificial intelligence? It is possible to see traces of deductive and inductive reasoning in most recent artificial intelligence studies. On the other hand, some people think that developments are still far behind human-type intelligence. There are various reasons, such as the consciousness argument. Some people,…
Abduction is the third type of logical reasoning we will discuss. After discussing the definition, I will give abductive reasoning examples and compare them to inductive and deductive reasoning. If you do not know inductive and deductive reasoning, you should consider reading the following articles first. What Is Inductive Reasoning? Inductive vs. Deductive Reasoning –…
The strength of inductive reasoning is conditional on many parameters – one of which is the diversity of the observations. We will talk about the diversity principle/effect: More diverse evidence is stronger (in general) than less diverse evidence. Children tend to generalize substantially broadly. If a child has got a new hat, she might think,…
This course aims to explain inductive reasoning and its reflection on our daily life. However, induction is only one aspect of reasoning. We will discuss deductive reasoning in this article and compare it with induction. Definition: Deduction Let’s consult our holy source, Wikipedia. Or not? Because it has a terrible page for deductive reasoning. To…
This is the Introduction article for the “Science of Induction” course. I will talk about the definition of induction and emphasize in what parts of our inductive reasoning play a major role. Definition Let’s refer our “holy” source of information for the definition, Wikipedia: Inductive reasoning is a method of reasoning in which the premises…
