Two Kinds of Reasoning
Before evaluating an argument, it’s important to determine what kind of reasoning the argument employs. This text introduces the distinction between the two basic kinds of reasoning: deductive reasoning, which concerns figuring out what must be true given the information you already have, and inductive reasoning (or theorizing) which concerns figuring out what is most likely true given your information.
Topics
- applying general principles
- argument
- argumentation
- causal reasoning
- comparing
- conclusion
- confirming
- constructing proofs
- deducing
- deduction
- deductive reasoning
- deriving logical consequences
- disconfirming
- generalizing
- kinds of argument
- kinds of reasoning
- logic
- modeling
- non-deductive reasoning
- premises
- reasoning
- ruling out possibilities
- sound argument
- soundness
- standard form
- theorizing
- valid argument
- validity