LessonsInduction: Complete and Incomplete Enumeration, Certainty and ProbabilityQuiz

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The crocodile is not described as having that property; rather, it moves its upper jaw.

This is a traditional example presented by the book. Its function is to illustrate a possible exception: a feature found in investigated animals need not belong to every other animal.

The zoological detail need not be accepted as a verified modern fact for the logical lesson to work. A genuine counterexample would invalidate the statement that every member has the property.

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The logical role of the crocodile exception

Induction: Complete and Incomplete Enumeration, Certainty and Probability

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The crocodile is not described as having that property; rather, it moves its upper jaw.

This is a traditional example presented by the book. Its function is to illustrate a possible exception: a feature found in investigated animals need not belong to every other animal.

The zoological detail need not be accepted as a verified modern fact for the logical lesson to work. A genuine counterexample would invalidate the statement that every member has the property.