Induction and Deduction: Two Paths to Knowledge
- Inductive reasoning starts from specific observations and leads to general principles
- Deductive reasoning, or syllogism, starts from these general principles to explain specific facts
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Aristotle's Posterior Analytics explores how knowledge is acquired through demonstration, built on pre-existing knowledge, and grounded in first principles. It emphasizes the role of syllogism in scientific reasoning and the distinction between induction and deduction. This work is foundational for understanding the structure and process of obtaining true knowledge
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