My 5-year-old nephew once confidently told me that all dinosaurs were green because his three dinosaur toys were green. So I showed him a nature documentary, Walking with Dinosaurs, and suddenly, there were blue feathers, red crests, and even flying ones. His mind was blown.What happened here was that he used inductive and deductive reasoning to make assumptions.When he generalized the assumption that all dinosaurs were green, based on very few examples (his three toys), he was using inductive reasoning. However, when the documentary gave him new evidence to work from, he deductively reasoned that if the documentary shows multicolored dinosaurs, then all dinosaurs were not green.Whether you are a filmmaker crafting believable worlds or a viewer forming theories mid-movie, you’re using both inductive and deductive reasoning—two essential tools for making sense of the story and the world. Deductive vs Inductive vs Abductive ReasoningDeductive reasoning is used to reach a logical true conclusion. Another type of reasoning, inductive, is also used. Often, people ...In this article, we will unbox distinctions between these two approaches, examine when each is most effective, and uncover how mastering both can elevate you from a casual thinker to a true expert in logical reasoning. I promise no dinosaurs will be harmed along the way—but your assumptions might be.So, let’s start by defining these two approaches.DefinitionsInductive ReasoningInductive reasoning is a logical process (and a soft skill) of drawing generalized conclusions based on specific observations, examples, or patterns. It moves from bottom to top or from particular...
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