Observing high prices in five shops is different from asserting that every shop in a city is expensive. The first reports five cases; the second extends the claim to unexamined shops. Inductive reasoning requires attention to what has not been observed.
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Induction and Analogy — Istiqra and Tamthil
Observing high prices in five shops is different from asserting that every shop in a city is expensive. The first reports five cases; the second extends the claim to unexamined shops. Inductive reasoning requires attention to what has not been observed.