Russel Chapter 6

Question 1

What is Deductive Reasoning?

Answer 1

a form of reasoning that one attempts to show conclusions falls necessary from the premises

Question 2

What is inductive reasoning?

Answer 2

a form of reasoning which one takes the premises to provide some degree of support for the conclusion

every object that i have ever dropped falls to the ground, yet it could be false: coffee mug vs helium balloon

Question 3

Accordign to Hume’s fork the objects of uman reasoning can be divided into two kinds:

Answer 3

1. Relation of ideas (math, geometry, logic)
2. matters of fact (using expressions in the way we simply dont anymore, matters regarding the way the world is)