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Which inference is at work?

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Item
    All men are mortal, so Socrates is
    Category
    Deduction
  2. Item
    A rule applied to a case
    Category
    Deduction
  3. Item
    Every swan seen was white, so all are
    Category
    Induction
  4. Item
    A rule built from observations
    Category
    Induction
  5. Item
    Mars is like Earth, so it may hold life
    Category
    Analogy
  6. Item
    One case likened to another
    Category
    Analogy
Categories
  1. Item
    Deduction
  2. Item
    Induction
  3. Item
    Analogy

Explanation

Recognising the shape of an argument. Source: Logic: Deductive and Inductive, Carveth Read (1898), public domain.
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