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Tarnekep
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Joined: October 17, 2003
Posts: 275
|  Posted: 2005-11-06 11:48
I know this is the weirdest place to ask this question......but I was wondering if anyone can help me in this question in English.......I have read the book over and over again and even looked it up threw the internet and still don't understand what they are asking.......I don't want you to answer the question but to help me understand....
Here is the question:
Explain when you might use the following:
A) Deductive strategy
B) Inductive strategy
Any suggestions guys/gals????
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Doran
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Joined: March 29, 2003
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From: The Gideon Unit
| Posted: 2005-11-06 11:54
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A. Syllogisms (a type of Deductive reasoning)
Syllogisms consist of three parts:
1. general statement ("universal")
2. particular example
3. conclusion
1. All plants in which sap solidifies at the joint between leaf and stem in autumn are deciduous.
2. All oak trees have sap that solidifies at the joint between leaf and stem in autumn.
3. Therefore, all oak trees are deciduous.
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B. Inductive Reasoning
Antecedent:
This fire warms,
And this fire warms,
And this fire warms, etc.
Consequent:
Therefore every fire warms. (Fund. of Logic, 114)
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just some examples, but maybe that helps some
so for making observations based off a generalization from one example you'd use deductive, and for obser...(train of thought got derailed) observations based on generalizations based on multiple examples you'd use inductive. i think.
[ This Message was edited by: Doran on 2005-11-06 11:58 ]
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Ants
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Joined: February 11, 2005
Posts: 315
From: Canada
| Posted: 2005-11-06 11:57
ya what he said 
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Drow
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Joined: June 06, 2003
Posts: 449
From: USA, WI
| Posted: 2005-11-07 21:43
I say ol chap, I can deduct that this all these people were killed by the same person. They all have a curved blade cut, all have handcufs, and all were laid on a street begining with the letter A.
If the apples on this tree are green and taset bitter, and the apples on this tree are green and taste bitter, and the apples on this tree are green and taste bitter; we can induce that all green apples on a tree will taste bitter.
From Dorans post I can deduct that he did a search and found a glossory with examples, based on the exact formating of the lines and the specific puncuation used that I know Doran would never do.
And if you ask what the answer is of a number multiplied by itself is, I can induce that the answer will be the number squared because it allwas was so it allways will be.
Good understanding of it in plain (almost) english
Deductive http://uk.geocities.com/balihar_sanghera/carcpositivism.html
Inductive http://imet.csus.edu/fundamentals/inductive/hildataba.htm
[ This Message was edited by: Ðrow on 2005-11-07 21:48 ]
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