What is the role of induction and deduction in reasoning and scientific inquiry

Volume: 42, Issue: 6, Pages: 716 - 740
Published: Aug 1, 2005
Abstract
A long-standing and continuing controversy exists regarding the role of induction and deduction in reasoning and in scientific inquiry. Given the inherent difficulty in reconstructing reasoning patterns based on personal and historical accounts, evidence about the nature of human reasoning in scientific inquiry has been sought from a controlled experiment designed to identify the role played by enumerative induction and deduction in cognition as...
Paper Details
Title
What is the role of induction and deduction in reasoning and scientific inquiry
Published Date
Aug 1, 2005
Volume
42
Issue
6
Pages
716 - 740
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