inductive
- adjective
- /ɪnˈdʌktɪv/
- As for the content of your post, I think you're still misapplying rules of deductive reasoning to an argument that I've already explained is inductive.
Examples
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Citing an argument from popularity (or any other attack on inductive reasoning) to defend your point is a cop-out.
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But having a a bit of the right kind of inductive bias is a big win if you want sample efficient learning.
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Yeah, I I actually Love Actually adding more inductive biases.
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Data were content analyzed using inductive coding.
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Inductive approaches are more intuitive than these common methods.
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Inductive reasoning is tricky because it's uncertain and tends to be closely related to statistics.
Blog text (2) -
Even those who advocate a broadly inclusive "inductive ecclesiology" or "ecclesiology from below" stress the centrality of the Eucharist.
Academic text (2015) -
But in practice, to protect and preserve the linear response of those exceedingly delicate springs, the sensors use feedback to measure the inductive current required to keep the spring motionless relative to the shaking ground.
Academic text (2006) -
Such an explicit requirement was not found at every good university, although in 1896 Mach was named to the newly created chair for the "Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences" at the University of Vienna, and students learning physics under Hermann von Helmholtz in Berlin received a heavy dose of philosophy as well.
Academic text (2005) -
The teacher used an inductive method to encourage students to discover the scientific principles themselves.
Synonyms
That makes someone believe something is true
Causing strong feelings or ideas that make you think
Making someone feel they must act
Likely to cause or help something to happen
That makes someone want to take action
Likely to make people protest or cause unrest
Tending to persuade someone gently with friendly words or actions
Compounds
How Persuasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inductive comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and ducere 'to lead', the same root you see in conduct. A helpful image is 'leading someone into' a feeling or action, so inductive here means causing or encouraging something.