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Deduction against induction

Exercise and reference answers

Questions
  1. Question
    Concluding a general rule from many observed cases is
    Choices
    1. deduction
    2. conversion
    3. induction
    Correct choice
    induction
  2. Question
    Concluding about one case from a general rule is
    Choices
    1. deduction
    2. induction
    3. analogy
    Correct choice
    deduction
  3. Question
    Which guarantees its conclusion if the premises are true?
    Choices
    1. an induction
    2. a valid deduction
    3. an analogy
    Correct choice
    a valid deduction

Explanation

Which kind of inference is being described. Source: Logic: Deductive and Inductive, Carveth Read (1898), public domain.
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