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techadv
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Objects, Identity, and Concept-formation (2008)
The article author was referring to inductive reasoning in the sense of epistemology, which is
not
the same as mathematical induction. In fact, mathematical induction is a
deductive
reasoning technique.
Here's the relevant wiki article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_reasoning
jorgis
on July 6, 2014
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You might also refer to this as "recursion" when talking about computer programming.
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Here's the relevant wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_reasoning