Working with argument

You hear arguments of all kinds throughout the day. In this lesson , i will learn how to recognize the components of a deductive argument  and how differs from an inductive argument.

Inductive reasoning

Inductive reasoning consist of making observation and then drawing conclusions based on those observations.

Inductive reasoning starts from observation and evidence and leads to a conclusion.

using inductive reasoning generally involves the following questions :

• What have you observed ? what evidence is available?
• What can you conclude from that evidence?
• Is that Conclusion logical?

Deductive reasoning

Unlike inductive reasoning, which moves from specific evidence to a general conclusion, deductive reasoning does opposite . it generally moves from a conclusion to the evidence for that conclusion.

In other words, deductive reasoning involves asking :

• What is the Conclusion ?
• What is the evidence?
• Is the evidence logical?