Deductive reasoning is that process of reasoning in which one moves from the general premise to the specific one. The truth of the conclusion depends on the truth of the premises. Inductive reasoning instead is the process of reasoning that begins with the specific then moves to the general. Abductive reasoning is an explanation of some experienced or observation of events but you cannot explain the event or do not have knowledge. It can be true or may not be true.
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1). Example of deductive reasoning:
Students of violin play violin every day (general premise)
I am a student of violin
Therefore, I play violin every day
2). Example of inductive reasoning: I am a Japanese teacher and my son name is Julian.
On Saturdays, I teach Julian, Marco, and Lilian
Julian is Japanese
Marco is Japanese
Lilian is Japanese
Therefore, all the students I teach on Saturday are Japanese
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There could be a God and my belief is rational. For my example, from my previous ethics class, I learned that Aristotle explained compulsion occurs when one has no control over one’s body. This is because even when there is compulsion one still has a choice and can make a choice whatever the consequence will be. If someone is asking me to release …show more content…
Clifford explained that beliefs are based on evidence but there should be both belief and reason in order to act in a morally right way. Action based on belief alone may lead to harm. Clifford gives an example of a ship-owner who knows that a ship needs service but based on evidence that the ship has always functioned well, decides to travel anyway. His belief is that God will take care has it has always happened. If the ship that needed repair killed people in the sea, the owner is to blame because he underrated reason. The reasonable thing to do was to repair the ship, but he allowed belief to take over. The belief that is not accompanied by reason can be