Inductive Argumentation
For our example in 20241102161825-Deductive_Argumentation (Walton 2008, 14):
From “Argument as Reasoned Dialogue¨ in Informal Logic
Suppose Helen had argued as follows:
Example 1.5[sic] Most people who do a good job should get regular pay that reflects the value of their work. Alice is a person who does a good job. Therefore, Alice should get regular pay that reflects the value of her work.
This “argument is not deductively valid¨ because, while “the premises are true,¨ it is still the case that “the conclusion could possibly be false¨ (Ibid). However (Ibid):
From “Argument as Reasoned Dialogue¨ in Informal Logic
[…] the argument is inductively strong[sic] in the sense that if the premises are true, then it is probable that the conclusion is true.
That is, an inductive argument is based on generalization from an instance or example, or on the correlated probability of the conclusion.
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bibliography
- “Argument as Reasoned Dialogue.” In Informal Logic: A Pragmatic Approach, 2nd ed., 2–37. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008.