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An inductive logic is a system of reasoning that extends deductive logic to less-than-certain inferences. A logic represents inferences in terms of arguments, where each argument consists of premises and a conclusion. The essence of a logic is the arguments it endorses. A logic labels some arguments as good and others as not good, depending on the extent to which the truth of an argument’s premises support the truth of its conclusion. In a deductive logic the truth of the premises of a good argument…

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