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The Science of Deduction.. and, erm, Induction!
.. so far had an interesting week, including a friendly debate with a philosopher (gotta love the range of people I meet at work) regarding an issue that bugged me for a while.
Basically, the point is:
"Deduction: an argument whose premisses are claimed to provide conclusive evidence for the truth of its conclusion."
"Induction: arguments that establish the truth of the conclusion as probable or probably true. So, informally at least, an inductive argument claims its conclusion follows with some degree of probability. "
.. and a visual comparison at
In other words, most of the work we see Sherlock perform is inductive in nature, though some deduction might be thrown in at times/back up certain aspects.
I reckon, the 'Science of Deduction' sounds heaps cooler though!
*shuffles back to the lab*
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Re: The Science of Deduction.. and, erm, Induction!
Oh my God, it's weird that you should post this because I'm a member of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London and they have a magazine called the Sherlock Holmes Journal. Basically, there was an article in it this month which said exactly the same thing - that the Holmes method of "deduction" is actually induction.
When I get chance I'll type it out for you cause I don't think they publish the articles online.
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Re: The Science of Deduction.. and, erm, Induction!
awesome - eager to read that here Down Under, thanks!
*all of a sudden doesn't feel so far away from London!*
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Re: The Science of Deduction.. and, erm, Induction!
Damnit. Can't find the article anywhere now, typical.
Anyway, there are quite a few things online about this:
- very detailed scientific analysis comparing the two fields.
- short essay
- detailed study
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Re: The Science of Deduction.. and, erm, Induction!
I thought 'induction' was a type of oven. Truly.
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Re: The Science of Deduction.. and, erm, Induction!
It's a hob hepzibah 
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Does it have nobs? Is it called Bob?
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Re: The Science of Deduction.. and, erm, Induction!
Do you have Hobnobs in your country?
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Re: The Science of Deduction.. and, erm, Induction!
had to google to check what they looked like! We have something similar, not sure what they are called. Do you have Timtams? To die for!
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Re: The Science of Deduction.. and, erm, Induction!
No we don't have Timtams.
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Re: The Science of Deduction.. and, erm, Induction!
More on this:
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Re: The Science of Deduction.. and, erm, Induction!
I thought this was common knowledge, I mean, I learned that in Highschool
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