PHL235H5 Lecture Notes - False Premise, Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning
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In a deductive argument, the premises are offered as conclusive evidence for the conclusion. Jamaica is in the caribbean, and it never snows anywhere in the caribbean. Therefore, it doesn"t snow in jamaica. arguments are absolute as opposed to probable. In inductive reasoning, the premises are supposed to provide strong, though not necessarily conclusive, evidence for the conclusion. So, it won"t snow there this winter. possible to snow there, but improbable probability not possibility if the premises are true, the conclusion is probable, not for certain assume regularity.
