Inductive reasoning is a method of accumulating knowledge. By its nature, science must make leaps into the unknown, formulating hypotheses and searching for evidence of their truth. This is called ...

My 5-year-old nephew once confidently told me that all dinosaurs were green because his three dinosaur toys were green. So I showed him a nature documentary, Walking with Dinosaurs, and suddenly, ...

Arguments are attempts to persuade by providing reasons (or premises or propositions) in support of a particular claim (or conclusion). In a deductive or ‘truth-preserving’ argument, the conclusion ...

Inductive reasoning is a branch of logic. In a valid inductive argument, the conclusion (consequent) is believed to be true on the basis of its antecedents. For example, when all swans are observed to ...

The defendant didn’t tell his side of the story after he was arrested. Innocent people never invoke their Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. Therefore, the defendant is guilty [1]. Source: ...