How Well Do You Know Inductive Reasoning?
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The opposite of deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning is a method of reasoning and has been a proven standard for the test of reasoning logical skills. Inductive reasoning is sometimes referred to as bottom-up logic.
Questions and Answers
- 1.Inductive reasoning starts with a?
- A.
Postulate
- B.
Question
- C.
Statement
- D.
Conclusion
- 2.Inductive reasoning is also known as...
- A.
Conclusion management
- B.
Hypothesis construction
- C.
Inference
- D.
Inductivity
- 3.The classic philosophical treatment of the problem of induction was given by the Scottish philosopher...
- A.
Karl Friedrich
- B.
David Hume
- C.
Thomas John
- D.
J Ayer
- 4.One of these is a critic of inductive reasoning?
- A.
Ian Pope
- B.
John Lacke
- C.
Karl Popper
- D.
Thomas Hobbes
- 5.A generalization proceeds from a premise to a...
- A.
Statement
- B.
Sample
- C.
Conclusion
- D.
Induction
- 6.Which of these is a generalization fallacy?
- A.
Biased sample
- B.
Induction
- C.
Inference
- D.
Statement
- 7.Who created the Theory of Universal Inductive Inference?
- A.
Thomas John
- B.
Ray Solomonoff
- C.
Ray Druff
- D.
John Locke
- 8.In which year was the Theory of Universal Inductive Inference founded?
- A.
1980
- B.
1988
- C.
1999
- D.
1960
- 9.Which of these is an element of the theory of universal inductive inference?
- A.
Algorithmic probability
- B.
Generalization
- C.
Inference
- D.
Inductive inference
- 10.One of the skeptics of inductive reasoning include...
- A.
John Lowe
- B.
William Shakespeare
- C.
Sextus Empiricus
- D.
Aristotle
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