Compare and contrast deductive and inductive arguments There are two types of arguments: deductive and inductive. In a deductive argument‚ provided the premises are true‚ the conclusion is certainly true. For example: All ducks are birds (premise). Daffy is a duck (premise). Therefore‚ Daffy is a bird (conclusion). Deductive arguments are used by rationalists‚ because they use reason rather than experience‚ and provide certainty rather than probability. Deductive arguments are most used in the
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conclusion Valid-if the premises are true then the conclusion cannot be false Invalid- it fail to provide support Sound-the argument is valid and the premises are all true Unsound- an argument with true premises that lead to a false conclusion 2) Inductive-provides probable support for the conclusion Strong-premises are true conclusion is probably true cogent-premises are true argument is strong Weak-in adequate uncogent -premises are not true Four steps for judging arguments 1) Find conclusion
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Inductive and Deductive Reasoning A valid argument is made to address a specific problem by offering a position and proving reasons to support that position. A valid argument is based on two key components‚ one or more premise and conclusion. A premise is fact and/or opinion and must be proven to be true or false. And a conclusion is the final statement of the position one is taking on an issue or question. In deductive reasoning‚ if the fact is true the conclusion must be true because the conclusion
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Assess the Strengths and Weaknesses of the Psychodynamic approach to understanding personality The psychodynamic approach was proposed by Freud. This approach towards personality is based on the notion of underlying forces such as the id‚ ego and superego which are either present from birth or develop during childhood shape our behaviour and personality as such. Experiences in childhood are proposed to be the basis of human personality‚ according to Freud and as such Psychodynamic theory proposes
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dholloway3@liberty.edu Douglas Holloway Due by Monday at Midnight of the end of Module / Week #8 Name: Best Email Address: BIBL 350 – Inductive Bible Study Assignments for Submission #4 Assignment 19-4: Deuteronomy 22:8 “When you build a new house‚ make a parapet around your roof so that you may not bring the guilt of bloodshed on your house if someone falls from the roof.” (1) Study the text and make as many observations as you can. List the observations in the space
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Compare and Contrast the Inductive and Deductive Research Paradigm/Approaches When underlying assumptions and intellectual structure are built upon research‚ observation‚ or development in a field of inquiry a paradigm is created. The way we perceive the world around us or the way facts and theories are established are generated in different ways. Knowledge is constantly being produced‚ based on assumptions or reasoning. One might see a story in the news of a shark in Southern California that attacks
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DEDUCTIVE AND INDUCTIVE GRAMMAR TEACHING By Arnis Silvia (arnis.silvia@gmail.com) I. Introduction: What is Grammar Teaching and Why? In traditional setting‚ grammar teaching is seen as the presentation and practice of discrete grammatical structures. More comprehensively‚ Ellis1 (2006) defines grammar teaching as: Grammar teaching involves any instructional technique that draws learners ’ attention to some specific grammatical form in such a way that it helps them either to understand it
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Inductive versus Deductive Arguments – can concepts of (strength and cogency) and (validity and soundness) be used interchangeably? Unlike deductive arguments‚ inductive arguments are not truth preserving. That is‚ even if an inductive argument has a good logical form‚ it will never be the case that if the premises are true‚ the conclusion must be true. The most that an inductive argument can hope for is that it’s highly probable that its conclusion is true. In other words‚ a good inductive argument
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Evaluate two strengths and two weaknesses of the Behaviourist approach One strength of the behaviourist approach (BA) is it can be applied to everyday life and it has its advantages to society‚ for example Aversion Therapy helps stop people from doing unwanted behaviours such as excessive drinking. An experiment was conducted by Duker and Seys which proves this form of therapy works‚ with 7/12 children cured from self-injuring – stopping it altogether – and 3/12 reduced the amount of times they
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Discuss the advantages‚ strengths‚ disadvantages and weaknesses of a positivist approach to social sciences The profusion of use and multifariousness of meaning of the word positivism results in a need for any essay on the subject to first give its own precise definition for its use of the term‚ distinguishing its particular context from its use in other contexts. The term positivism‚ first coined by the philosopher Auguste Comte in the nineteenth-century‚ was first originally confined to the
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