Inductive [adjective]
Definition of Inductive:
preliminary, first
Synonyms of Inductive:
Sentence/Example of Inductive:
He was a great pioneer of philosophy, since he resorted to inductive methods of proof, and gave general definiteness to ideas.
His method is hence inductive,--the derivation of certain principles from a sum of given facts and phenomena.
Of inductive and deductive, the inductive 140 proofs generally go first.
This brings us at once to the very heart of Holbach's method which was experimental and inductive to the last degree.
So far, therefore, as relates to simple existence, the Inductive Logic has no knots to untie.
To overlook this grand distinction was, as it seems to me, the capital error in Bacon's view of inductive philosophy.
In spite of his allegiance to "tradition," he generally prefers deductive to inductive reasoning.
But when the purpose is to facilitate some particular inductive inquiry, more is required.
Bacon has been called the father of inductive science, since he would employ the inductive method.
To minds guiltless of inductive reasoning an accidental coincidence is a sure proof of cause and effect.