All professional athletes earn a lot of money. Wes plays professional football so he makes a lot of money. What type of reasoning is this?

inductive
deductive

Question

All professional athletes earn a lot of money. Wes plays professional football so he makes a lot of money. What type of reasoning is this?

inductive
deductive

anonymous · Answer

looks like deductive to me

anonymous · Answer

its inductive according to me...the conclusion is supported by the statement

anonymous · Answer

but youre using deductive logic; its modus ponens here

anonymous · Answer

@kmc7891 wt du think?

anonymous · Answer

Reasoning from detailed facts to generalizations is inductive where deductive is looking at a generalization and breaking down into the detailed facts.

I would say that being a professional player is a detailed fact being generalized to "making a lot of money" and thus, inductive.

anonymous · Answer

im on odysseyware are you guys ??

anonymous · Answer

I'm on OdysseyWare too xD