“Three mangoes I tasted were sweet, so all mangoes are sweet” is inductive generalization. “This mango is sweet” is a particular observation. “Every animal is living; Zayd is an animal; therefore Zayd is living” is deductive. Identify the direction of the inference, not merely its topic.
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Induction and Analogy — Istiqra and Tamthil
“Three mangoes I tasted were sweet, so all mangoes are sweet” is inductive generalization. “This mango is sweet” is a particular observation. “Every animal is living; Zayd is an animal; therefore Zayd is living” is deductive. Identify the direction of the inference, not merely its topic.