Extemporaneous musings, occasionally poetic, about life in its richly varied dimensions, especially as relates to history, theology, law, literature, science, by one who is an attorney, ordained minister, historian, writer, and African American.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
inductive-deductive reasoning
http://www.livescience.com/21569-deduction-vs-induction.html
INDUCTIVE REASONING IS EMPLOYED AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE DISPROPORTIONATELY,I.E.: 'TYREE IS A DRUG DEALER WHO IS BLACK. THEREFORE, ALL DRUG DEALERS ARE BLACK'.--- FAULTY REASONING FROM 1 TO ALL.
DEDUCTIVE REASONING IS EMPLOYED RESPECTING WHITE PEOPLE DISPROPORTIONATELY, I.E.: 'WEALTHY MEN ARE WHITE. JOHN IS WHITE. THEREFORE JOHN IS A WEALTHY MAN.'-- FAULTY REASONING FROM ALL TO 1.
BE WARY OF THESE FALLACIES AS YOU REASON AND READ. NEITHER IS CONCLUSIVE. BOTH MAY BE, AND HAVE BEEN, ABUSED WHEN CONVENIENT.
Deductive Reasoning vs. Inductive Reasoning
www.livescience.com