April 18, 2010

Inductive/Deductive reasoning

Inductive
Bottom-up approach
From specifics to broad generalisations

Deductive
Top-down approach
From the general to the specific

Should this be an "either-or" choice or can you pick and choose according to the phenomenon being observed?  Why can't it be both?

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