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Deduction or induction?

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Item
    The conclusion follows necessarily
    Category
    Deduction
  2. Item
    Argues from general to particular
    Category
    Deduction
  3. Item
    Adds nothing the premises did not contain
    Category
    Deduction
  4. Item
    Generalises from observed cases
    Category
    Induction
  5. Item
    Argues from particular to general
    Category
    Induction
  6. Item
    The conclusion may still be wrong
    Category
    Induction
Categories
  1. Item
    Deduction
  2. Item
    Induction

Explanation

Deduction draws out what the premises already contain induction generalises beyond them. Source: Logic: Deductive and Inductive, Carveth Read (1898), public domain.
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