Inductive reasoning uses one or more specific examples to create more general rules. For example, if you have only seen three model-T Ford cars and they are all black, you might infer that all model-T Fords are black. Note that next day you might see a bright yellow model-T Ford, so induction is both an uncertain, defeasible and non-monotonic form of reasoning. Induction is often compared deduction and abduction as different forms of reasoning.
Used in Chap. 3: pages 25, 34; Chap. 5: page 63
Also known as induction, inductive