In this week’s reading, I found the inductive reasoning to be most useful. Inductive reasoning is when one uses previous observations and experiences to make a conclusion. I find that personal experiences are most reliable when coming up with an argument because one has already seen and gone through whatever one wants the argument to be. Personal experiences and observations are valid evidence to make a valid statement, and even a strong argument.
Example: I had an allergic reaction when I ate peanuts at the age of five. Now being 19, I will most likely have an allergic reaction if I eat peanuts again.
Since I had an experience when I was younger, I can use that experience to predict the present and future possible outcomes. Inductive reasoning incorporates the idea of one needing to learn from one’s mistakes or of one using the past to improve the future. The past, our experiences and observations, are the realest things we have.
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