Episode 1.3: Deductive and Inductive Arguments

This episode covers two major types of arguments: deductive and inductive.

Script by David Plumlee and Jessica Taverna.

Instructional Design and Narration by Aaron Dewald.

Spanish Subtitles by Dixiana Parada
Russian Subtitles by Kate Pukhova

[evidencenutrition]

It is as if you knew EXACTLY what I would be learning in my first year Critical Thinking course. Thanks for the upload! On a sidenote, your voice is very easy to listen to!

[TheJordon]

im from jamaica... felt the need to say this because i want you to know you are helping the world. Other videos are not as helpful i have already done logic but i wanted a refresher course this was very helpful ... earned sub

[kittenskorner]

I'm taking a critical thinking class and we are discussing Inductive and deductive arguments and this by far is the BEST explaination. Thank you.

[OperatorOscillation]

It might be a good idea to change the examples in this vid and reupload it. Arguments, whether inductive or deductive, do not consist of opinions as premises or subjective interests as conclusions, which is why I'm concerned because people in the comments are using the information in this video on their exams at school. Also, arguments whose premises prove the conclusion are still inductive since its always possible, even if improbable, that there are other unknown premises that would alter the conclusion. It's only with deductive arguments that that is not possible. There were also examples of inductive arguments at the end of the vid that were actually deductive, such as applying general principals to specific claims, as well as the definition given of causal reasoning.

[vloggersvlogs]

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[reredrummer]

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[DeAnn]

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[helenpratiwi]

I wish you make more useful and valuable educational content like this more. It is really comprehensive and perfect! I love the explanation and the details you put there.

[ddigwell]

My only issue is I found this vid two years after my Critical Thinking class otherwise, thank you for your use of straight forward "regular people speak" and not the academic blah blah blah I had to weed out in order to understand what you've presented in < 10 minutes. Seriously academia ... Get off your asses and learn to teach in the 21st century and not the 18th!

[MovieEnglish]

Thank you for a great channel and a great insight into critical thinking. 

[honestkimathi]

This was sooo helpful ....easily understandable and relevant examples...thank you

[gwendolyndeashborough]

Its wonderful how you explain the basic premises of the LSAT test. Thank You

[alexysautumnelf]

My school (Ohio Christian University) referred me to this video as part of my assignments, but being Deaf and having the automatically generated captions from YouTube made it impossible to understand. Is there a way for you to either caption the video, or even put a transcription in the description, so future Deaf, or those that need captions for other reasons could enjoy and learn from it as well, please?
Thank you!!

[kelsienazio]

Thank you! This made me understand the different kinds of arguments better! My critical thinking text book made it seem so confusing!!

[maxwelldetdalen]

Hey Aaron! I've had trouble getting the difference between inductive and deductive, and I have a psychology test tomorrow. This video really saved my day, and hopefully my test. 

Thank you!

[rysherren]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OMG BLESS YOU FOR THE AMAZING NARRATION AND DETAILED SCRIPT

[changjyelaine]

It's an awesome video !!!! Clear and easy to understand, the simple example related to our daily life. Thanks for your video, it's really helpful to my quiz about inductive & deductive argument. This video makes me have a great revision on the topic.

[niharikakansal]

Very precise and helpful for my exam. Your voice is very very clear. Thanks a lot.

[TiffanyAnnMarie]

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[labichota]

So helpful for my critical thinking class