Zen and the Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance

Scientific Method

2 Types Of Logic

1.Induction

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Induction Example: If you observe a cycle and everytime there is a bump over repeated trials it misfires you can therefore conclude that a bump causes a misfire.

Reasoning (specific to general)

2.Deduction

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Deduction Example: When reading a manual to understand the detail of the link between the horn and the electrical wire you can thus conclude that a mispower in the electrical wire will lead to the horn not working properly.

Reasoning (general to specific)

Logical Reasoning steps for both types

1.State the problem

2.Hypothesis

3.Experiment

3.Experiment

4.Predicted results of experiment

5.Observed results of experiment

6.Conclusions from results