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Inductive reasoning

noun
1.
Reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.  Synonyms: generalisation, generalization, induction.





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"Inductive reasoning" Quotes from Famous Books



... necessary to inaugurate a New Departure. The well established facts of mental law show conclusively that subjective mind argues only deductively. It argues quite correctly from any given premises, but it cannot take the initiative in selecting the premises—that is the province of inductive reasoning which is essentially the function of the objective mind. But by the law of Auto-suggestion this discarnate individual has brought over his premises with him, which premises are the sum-total of his inductions made during objective life, the conception ...
— The Creative Process in the Individual • Thomas Troward
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