Hi Ron, Arlo posted the following some moons ago which I 'starred'. He said it was taken from Charles Pierce writings:
Deduction Rule: All the beans in the bag were white Case: These beans were in the bag Result: These beans are white Induction Case: These beans were in this bag Result: These beans are white Rule: All the beans in the bag were white Abduction Rule: All the beans from this bag are white Result: These beans are white Case: These beans are from this bag You have to read it pretty carefully but I think they were Canellini beans ;) Hope it helps. -Peter On 22/02/2008, Ron Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Ron: > > Do you mean: > > 1. Inductive reasoning, used in science and the > > scientific method. > > > SA: Yes. What do you think of this? In other words, > what's your view of this. > > > Ron: > Inductive in most cases is presumptuous > it does not exhibit the same > Degree of certainty as the original statement. > it involves reaching conclusions about unobserved > things on the basis of what has been observed. > We all do this here, even pirsig is guilty of it > When he posits that value accounts for all reality. > This is what I grapple with. It would seem > That all philosophy is inductive to some extent. > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > ____________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
