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Reasoning and Inference

Sherlock Holmes, master of reasoning

In this video, we see the famous literary character Sherlock Holmes use both inductive and deductive reasoning to form inferences about his friends. As you can see, inductive reasoning can lead to erroneous conclusions. Can you distinguish between his deductive (general to specific) and inductive (specific to general) reasoning?

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  • logic
  • syllogism
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