Deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning are easy to mix up. Learn what the difference is and see examples of each type of scientific reasoning.

Deductive logic, as opposed to inductive logic, is a field of study that explores deductively valid reasoning, the most secure kind of reasoning. An argument is a set of premises together with a ...

A Deductive science is logical, linear, facts, math and science, destination-oriented and computations. Inductive science on the contrary requires creativity, imagination, journey orientation ...

Unfortunately, many, if not most, of our decisions are based on inductive, not deductive reasoning. What's the difference?

Logical consistency is another branch of Deductive Logic. A set of sentences is said to be consistent if and only if there is at least one possible situation in which they are all true. If two ...

Many forms of inductive reasoning exist, but the conclusions they generate all fall short of being necessarily true. Deductive reasoning, on the other hand, is logical: if your assumptions are ...

As this is the fourth edition—though enlarged and partly re-written—of the work under notice, it is not necessary to review it in detail. It is sufficient to mention, by way of reminder, that ...

Synthese spans the topics of Epistemology, Methodology and Philosophy of Science. Coverage includes the theory of knowledge; general methodological problems of science, of induction and probability, ...

Mind has long been the leading journal in philosophy. For well over 100 years it has presented the best of cutting edge thought in epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of ...