Almost every website that talks about it says, “Inductive reasoning is a bottom up” approach while “deductive is a top down approach”.
Can anyone explain to me the THE DIFFERENCE? What makes these two forms of reasoning so different? Examples are always appreciated as well.
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Deductive reasoning: The sprinklers are running in the lawn right now. Sprinklers spread water which makes things wet. Therefore the will be wet.
Or simpler A Causes B. A is happening to C. Therefore C will be B. There’s no fault in that logic, it can’t possibly be not true.
Inductive reasoning: The lawn is wet. Sprinklers make things wet. Therefore the sprinkler must’ve run earlier to make the lawn wet.
In other words C is B. A Causes B. Therefore A must’ve happened to C.
This logic is flawed because there are many things that could make the lawn wet. It could’ve rained, someone could’ve emptied a cooler out onto it, etc. With inductive reasoning you’re trying to build backwards and it can often be flawed.
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