How to Argue - Induction & Abduction: Crash Course Philosophy #3

We continue our look at philosophical reasoning by introducing two more types: induction and abduction. Hank explains their strengths and weaknesses, as well as counterarguments and the Socratic...

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Crash Course Philosophy is brought to you by Squarespace.Squarespace: Share your passion with the world.How do you know that aspirin will take care of your headache?Why do you really want to see the new Marvel movie, even though you haven’t heard anything about it, good or bad?Your ability to do things like predict how a medication will affect you, or what movieyou might like, or even things like what the perfect gift might be for your best friend,or what’s the fastest way to get to campus –- all of this stuff, you know through induction.Deductive arguments are great because they give us certain answers.But unfortunately, much of the world cannot be summed up in a neat deductive proof.Deduction requires a fair amount of general information to give you a speci...