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Induction and Deduction

Nature volume 46, pages 293–294 (1892)Cite this article

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CAN we determine the precise relation between Induction and Deduction? Both are said to be a species of Inference. Deduction is, no doubt, Mediate Inference. Is Induction Mediate or Immediate Inference? If Immediate it must be of the form:

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    E. E. CONSTANCE JONES

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JONES, E. Induction and Deduction. Nature 46, 293–294 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/046293b0

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