kinds of logic

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the mixture of inductive inferences and deductive inferences is fomalized as the scientific method.

deductive inferences

definition: it starts with general knowledge and predicts a specific observation

inductive inferences

definition: reasoning from particular experiences to general truths

scientific method

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the pupose of the scientific method is to make sure that nature hasn't misled you into thinking you know something you don't actually know.

categories of the logical statements:

1. statement of a problem

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this step keeps you from taking a major wrong turn that might cause extra work in the future.

2. hypothesis as a cause to the problem

3. experiments designes to test each hypothesis

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this part is the visual surface..this is the step where you test the hypothesis by putting a question to nature

4. predicted results of the experiments

5. observed results of the experiments

6. conclusions of the results of the experiments

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in this step you state no more than the experiment has proven