Abstract
The paper argues in favour of inductive arguments in philosophy as it requires a most tentative and broad, careful approach. The paper maintains that deduction can be too bound by logic or equations and abduction requires prior knowledge for the person is seeking what is not visible from much on a topic that is visible. The paper explains that the main idea of induction is that of needing to question and respond carefully, avoiding fast conclusions.

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"A first year course text states that "philosophy involves constructing and evaluating arguments" in common with other pursuits such as mathematics or economics or people in everyday life. (p.7) However, philosophers also construct arguments of different kinds with different fields of philosophy involving particular kinds of questions and schools of thought on which methods of inquiry are better. Good questions are seen as those that are rationally persuasive in the sense that they give the listener or the person to ask a question a sense that a result or answer is plausible. (p.8)"

Tags:course text, intro, induction

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The paper discusses how in the continuing and evolving search for more effective methods of law enforcement and criminal investigation, the strategy of profiling has gained progressively wider use over the past thirty years. The paper looks at how profiling is currently understood to consist of two related but distinct methodologies, based upon the two forms of classical logic, inductive and deductive.

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"In the continuing and evolving search for more effective methods of law enforcement and criminal investigation, the strategy of profiling has gained progressively wider use over the past thirty years. Profiling is currently understood to consist of two related but distinct methodologies, based upon the two forms of classical logic, viz., inductive and deductive (Godwin 2006, para 2). Inductive profiling begins with statistical data compiled from a variety of sources over time and working from this general data to attempt to..."

Tags:criminology, profiling, deduction

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This paper takes a look back at classical philosophy to determine the origins of the deductive-nomonological model. The paper looks at the evolutionary nature of the model, which proceeds from the skepticism predominant in the Middle Ages towards the universals of Aristotle. The paper goes on to discuss subsequent philosophies that questioned whether universal laws can be described successfully. The paper concludes with a look at the views of the deductive nomological model held by scientific realists, nominalists and defendants of the model.

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"The Deductive-Nomological model of explanation is a logical process that was developed after World War II by Carl Hempel to derive working scientific explanations from laws that are created from the regular observation of phenomena, which can then be used to successfully predict the subsequent re-application of these laws. These laws are, in effect, explanations of phenomena or theories, and by using such explanations to predict new events we can successfully prove their validity. This theory relies heavily on the empiricism of Locke and others, but seeks to modify it in order to facilitate its application in the statistical methodologies commonly employed in the social scientists by logical positivists. Its history can be traced back to classical philosophy, where we find the question of "universals," where it was questioned whether universal laws described events successfully."

Tags:aristotelian, plato, newton, locke, hume, descartes, covering, law, hypothetico-deductivism, inductivism

Abstract
This paper deals with the application of macroeconomic principals to real-world problems, by detailing and analyzing instances in which the fictional protagonist makes deductions about criminal behavior patterns by using economic concepts.

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"Economics is not something the average person thinks of as being practical in an everyday sense. Most people "excepting those who are economists" are only exposed to economic thinking when they're filing their tax returns, or when they're trying to figure out why Alan Greenspan can announce that he doesn't feel so well today and suddenly the stock market crashes (why is that, anyway?). Fortunately, Professor Henry Spearman is not an everyday person. In fact, the protagonist of Marshall Jevons' "A Deadly Indifference" proves that economic thinking can not only be practical, but can actually solve crimes. This came as no surprise to me, of course, because I am a regular viewer of "The X-Files," where such extraordinary things happen every week."

Tags:asymmetric, choice, functions, hobson, information, interdependent, jevons, logic, macroeconomics, spearman, utility

Abstract
This paper engages deductive reasoning to prove that both men and women generate and perpetuate sexism. Starting with a major premise, going to a minor premise, and ending with the conclusion, the paper uses deductive reasoning to prove its point.

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"One of the classic gender issues between men and women is sexism. Women have long been the victims of sexism on the job and at home and psychiatrists identify the cause of sexism as resulting from men's subconscious fear of the receptivity that characterizes women, a fear that has been exercised in the subjugation of women in culture. There are significant differences between men and women, one of them being the physical and emotional receptivity of females that contrasts with..."

Tags:deductive reasoning, premise, logic, gender, sexism, fear, men, women

Abstract
This paper explains that an inquiry system, which is a systematic investigation for producing knowledge by processing input through an operator for an output, acts as a guarantor for the operator to verify the conclusion of an issue. The author points out that deductive thinking is a scientific method in applying laws to come up with assumptions that can be tested. Observations are collected to deal with those assumptions, and then the laws will be confirmed by deductive thinking. The paper demonstrates the inductive approach by presenting the case of the relationship between the brightness of lighting while sleeping and myopia; however, it is hardly a cause-and-effect relationship, as many other factors are ignored. For example, the reading habits of children, genetic factors affecting their visual system, and the social status and the educational level of the family.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Inductive Approach
Deductive Approach
Multiple Realities
Dialectics
Case Study 1: Inductive Approach
The Relationship between the Brightness of Lighting While Sleeping and Myopia
Case Study 2: Deductive Approach
The Age of the Earth
Case Study 3: Multiple Realities
Searching for a Way to Save a Corporation
Case Study 4: Dialectic Approach
Complete Ban on Smoking in Indoor Area
Conclusion

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"For the strength of this approach, it can be used effectively in gaining the belief of people on propositions of past or present fact or value and it will often be a superior method in persuading others with presenting the facts and data the observer gathered. In this case, the physician concluded that the causality between the degree of the brightness in sleeping and the children's tendency to myopia, the findings of his research was clearly presented and his observation is seems to be scientific and believable, thus, after reading the article, many parents bought eyeshades for their children."

Tags:assumption, operative, scientific, relationship, smoking

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The paper discusses the case of "Cheung v. FC of T', an Australian case about the legality of self-education deductions.

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"The Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) handed down a decision in March in the case of "Cheung v. FC of T" holding that self-education expenses incurred by a full-time hospitality management student who worked at two hotels during the course of her studies were not deductible. At issue in this analysis is a description of the decision by the AAT, a summary of the facts of the case, the rationale for the decision and the general principles that..."

Tags:Australia, tax law, self-education deductions.

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This paper uses the movie "Rain Man" to illustrate the concepts of three thinking processes. The writer underscores the mechanics of deductive reasoning, creative thinking or reasoning and problem solving while citing examples from the movie as well as discussions on cognitive psychology.

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"The human thinking process is extremely complex. We have many ways of problem solving that we are not aware of but simply use. The movie Rain Man is an excellent illustration of what can happen if the processes are not complete or they are confused in our brains. Deductive reasoning, creative reasoning and problem solving are all intertwined and the movie about an autistic man provides a clear picture of the differences."

Tags:autism, ?idiot, savant?, movie, Rain Man, creative, mental, IQ, developmental, genius, skills

Abstract
The paper explains how Plato's allegory of the cave acknowledges our ability to learn about the ideal world by observations of our shadow-world. The paper then focuses on how the accounting profession must grapple with the discrepancy between the ideal and the real and the difficulty of arriving at the truth through deduction and induction.

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"The "Allegory of the Cave" is a fable told by the Greek philosopher Socrates in the classic philosophical work by Plato known as the Republic. It is a story that is designed to illustrate the imperfect state of human knowledge. In the allegory, Socrates describes a situation where human beings are in a dark cave where they are unable to see anything without the light of fire. A kind of campfire burns behind them, created by false hands of deceivers, not by the hands of truth. The humans are chained to the rocks, unable to explore and to move beyond the walls of the cave and see something different than what they are forced to see, because of their physically bound state. These human beings represent all humanity. What is so tragic about our state is that we do not know that we are bound, and that our knowledge is limited, by and large--unless we are philosophers like Socrates."

Tags:deduction, induction, ideal, real, observations, shadow

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According to the paper, the procedure includes observation, deduction and research question development, hypothesis formation and experimental testing. The writer illustrates how employing the scientific method consists of seven steps-- observation; idea; logic, major and minor premise; hypothesis, necessary conclusion; hypothesis testing and experimental design; data evaluation; and results interpretation.

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"Step four, hypothesis with necessary conclusion, involves the development of a testable hypothesis. When the hypothesis is generated, valid selection criteria must be used. This criteria includes the following: multiple working hypotheses, with a minimum of null and principle hypotheses; objectivity; presentation which seeks to gain knowledge rather than to presume outcome; falsifiability, hypotheses must be susceptible to adverse developments; consideration of the most parsimonious hypothesis when multiple equal ones are given; and the hypothesis must be logically valid (Gastaldo, 1999, pp. 1-2)."

Tags:research, investigate, outcome, observation, hypothesis