Question

Select inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, or neither.

You watch an ant taste a liquid and die. Several more ants sample the liquid and they die. You conclude the liquid is an ant poison.



Inductive reasoning
Deductive reasoning
neither

Answer 1

which one do you think it is

Answer 2

hint:

think about this question: is ant poison the only thing that will kill ants?

Answer 3

noo lol

Answer 4

so there's no way for you to know 100% that this liquid is an ant poison, which means you're basing you're reasoning on specific observed events and you're trying to apply a very general rule

Answer 5

that all means you're using inductive reasoning

Answer 6

another example of inductive reasoning:

you pick up a rock, and it's hard
you pick up another rock, and it's hard
you pick up yet another rock, and it's hard
...etc etc...
so...you conclude that all rocks are hard

Answer 7

but this is flawed because a) you haven't tested every rock and b) not all rocks are hard

so inductive reasoning has its limits

Answer 8

thaaanks

Answer 9

np