CHAPTER 11 INDUCTIVE REASONING AND INDUCTIVE FALLACIES: HOW DO I REASON FROM EVIDENCE?

Inductive reasoning is the process of thinking that you used in describing anything. The inductive method is also called the empirical or scientific method. Induction can be done through sensory observation, enumeration, analogous reasoning, causal reasoning, and from pattern recognition. Inductive reasoning is as a method for obtaining info when it would be impossible to examine all the data available. Hasty generalization is the fallacy of basing a coclusion on insufficient evidence. Inconsistency in evidence is the fallacy of offering evidence that contradicts the conclusion. False cause is the fallacy of claiming there is acausal connection between events without reasonable evidence to support the claim. The slippery slope is the fallacy of claiming without sufficient proof that permitting one event to occur would lead to a chain reaction that cant be stopped. It ignores the many variables or unknowns in the situation.