inductive inference
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinductiveandinference
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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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inference
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.fər.əns/us/ˈɪn.fɚ.əns/
a guess that you make or an opinion that you form based on the information that ...
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Aninductiveinferenceis then made to the conclusion that certain instances, types, groups, or patterns of evils are gratuitous.
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Curiously enough, all of the above authors have neglected the one literature where economic reasoning abounds: that of the treatment of error ininductiveinference.
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A belief might be justified according to reasonable standards ofinductiveinference, yet not be true.
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The results showed that labeling had a powerful effect oninductiveinference, often overriding perceptual similarity.
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Given the practical demands of the criminal justice system, the judge cannot give a mini-course ininductiveinferenceto every empaneled jury.
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The empirical evidence comes from studies in cognitive development, in particular, studies on categorization, object individuation, andinductiveinference.
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So why are we not entitled to make theinductiveinferencethat any emeralds we see tomorrow will be grue, and hence also blue?
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To avoid this problem, propositions arrived at byinductiveinferencemust be treated as in some way provisional or corrigible.
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A third line of experiments suggests that in addition to facilitating categorization andinductiveinference, labeling may also play an important role in object individuation.
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An apparently naturalinductiveinferenceis that any emeralds we see tomorrow will also be green.
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Whileinductiveinferenceproceeds from observed cases and results to establish a law, deduction applies a law to a case and predicts a result.
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They had to justifyinductiveinferencefrom one specified setting to another which might differ in a host of salient ways.
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Among the most fundamental principles are those of generalization andinductiveinferenceand those of perceptual and mental transformation.
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Evidence is presented from studies on categorization, object individuation, andinductiveinferencein infancy.
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In the case of focal point selection, we have offered no specific mechanism for theinductiveinference regarding the opponent's likely choice, as based on general experience with human behavior.
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Reflection upon the consequential complexity of history reveals that the underlying assumption for theinductiveinferencein type 1 evidential arguments from evil is false.
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Third, if two objects share a label, they should have the same nonobvious properties, as in theinductiveinferencetask.
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