inductive argument
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inductive
adjective
uk/ɪnˈdʌk.tɪv/us/ɪnˈdʌk.tɪv/
using a particular set of facts or ideas to form a ...
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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For instance, theinductiveargumentused to prove the correctness of a recursive function will usually mirror the recursive structure of that same function.
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The proof of the main theorem of this section will use it to drive aninductiveargument.
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A simpleinductiveargumentshows that all inductive functors are shapely over lists.
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However, a stronger result can be shown afterwards using aninductiveargument, as we are going to see.
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We first need aninductiveargumentto prove it for linear expressions, and full completeness then follows directly.
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The only thing that is not quite obvious is the density conditions that emerge from the resultinginductiveargument.
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However, the third case requires aninductiveargumentto construct i which will use the basic construction in the first case as the base case.
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Then it follows by aninductiveargumentthat a generalized selection f has at most one inferred type.
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But if we find them in the past, we have at any rate some basis for aninductiveargument.
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The principle of total evidence in scientific inductive reasoning requires that all relevant evidence must be included in aninductiveargument.
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Foster makes clear that this cannot be a valid deductive argument, but that this does not work as aninductiveargumenteither.
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Aninductiveargumentfrom finite regularities to laws assumes the uniformity of nature, which is precisely what is to be shown and thus begs the question.
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We use aninductiveargument.
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Inherent within anyinductiveargumentis that the premise from which the analysis commences should ultimately support the conclusion.
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Oppy does not go into what this ' strong independent ground ' might be, but no doubt it will be either aninductiveargumentfrom evil or a materialistic metaphysical theory.
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But there is no sound deductive argument for induction, and to ask for aninductiveargumentto justify induction would be to beg the question.
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Aninductiveargument, on the other hand, asserts that the truth of the conclusion is otherwise supported by the premises.
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Relatedly, the conclusion of aninductiveargumentcontains more information than is already contained in the premises.
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Aninductiveargumentcan be neither valid nor invalid; its premises give only some degree of probability, but not certainty, to its conclusion.
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