The main focus of the reading this week was inductive arguments. Inductive arguments are arguments that are not always true; they simply can be more true or less true. This contrasts with deductive argument in which you argue something that you can support by truthful evidence is indeed true. In everyday life I believe that inductive arguments are less effective ways of arguing. However, for the most part they are used more frequently.
Like if you are trying to pick a car out. Honda Civics are reliable cars so you decide to get one because they have such a good reputation for being that way, then six months later you’re in a shop because seals broke on the radiator making the inductive argument of all civics being reliable less true because your car is not reliable. I personally would have tried a deductive argument about the cars reliability looking at that car itself and looking at all the parts on the car. Although, inductive arguments are good tools that you should be able to use because in certain situations it is the only argument that you can use. Like when picking out a birthday present for a friend. There is no way of telling if they will like what you get them but as a friend you should know kind of what their taste is so you can pick a present based on the likes of the person and figuring out if the person is more likely to like one thing more than the other.
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