Difference between inductive and deductive reasoning

  1. What is the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning?
  2. What does the author mean by ‘deductive certainty’? Is deductive certainty possible in real life?
  3. Explain what can make an inductive argument strong or weak. Give YOUR OWN examples of both a weak
    and a strong inductive argument.
  4. How are premises used in an inductive argument? Give an example. How can an inductive argument be
    invalid?
    Chapter 5.2
  5. Does a strong argument necessarily have to contain true premises? Why or why not?
  6. Define cogency. Give an example.
  7. The author states that inductive reasoning has more real-life applications than deductive reasoning? Why?
    Describe the following uses of inductive reasoning and give YOUR OWN examples.
  8. Predicting the Future
  9. Explaining Common Occurrences
  10. Generalizing
  11. Statistical Syllogism
  12. Induction by Shared Properties
  13. Induction by Shared Relations