Deciding Deductive vs. Inductive
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State
Classify by the claim being made: words like "necessarily," "certainly," "it must be" signal deductive intent; "probably," "likely," "chances are" signal inductive.
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"The sun has risen every day, so it will probably rise tomorrow" — inductive by its own admission.
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Absent indicators, judge by the argument's best reading — charity again (024).
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- Nothing yet depends on this.