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WHAT KINDS OF REASONING ARE THERE? 10 1
generalisation, reasoning from
induction
propositional logic
specific cases, reasoning from
terms, reasoning from
Review exercise 7
Answer briefly the following questions, giving, where possible, an example in your
answer that is different from those used in this book.
a. What is the difference between deduction and induction?
b. What is the relationship between the idea of internal connections and
propositional logic?
c. How can we work out whether one event causes another?
d. What is the purpose of giving a general rule as a premise?
e. What is the 'leap of faith' when we use a selection of cases to assert a
more general conclusion?
f. How does an example given as a premise attempt to support its con-
clusion?
g. How do I determine if an analogy is reasonable?
h. What is the point of using reasoning from terms?
