My 5-year-old nephew once confidently told me that all dinosaurs were green because his three dinosaur toys were green. So I showed him a nature documentary, Walking with Dinosaurs, and suddenly, ...

We continue our discussion of logic by considering inductive reasoning. When Robinson Crusoe washed up on the shore of Island Más a Tierra, he believed there were no other human inhabitants –until he ...

Deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning are easy to mix up. Learn what the difference is and see examples of each type of scientific reasoning. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...