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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Hey, former philosophy instructor here.
The difference concerns the kind of relation purported to exist between the premises and the conclusion.
In a deductive argument, the premises are purported to guarantee the truth of the conclusion. As such, the premises either guarantee the truth of the conclusion or they don’t. The argument is either good or it isn’t.
In an inductive argument, the premises are purported to make the truth of the conclusion more likely. As such, inductive arguments aren’t just good or bad; they can be better or worse.
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