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Inductive Reasoning

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Inductive reasoning draws a general conclusion from a pattern across many specific observations.

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A biologist who scans hundreds of brain images during one task and concludes that one brain region handles it is reasoning inductively.

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Inductive conclusions are supported by the pattern, never guaranteed by it — the next observation could break it.