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Deductive reasoning. The curious incident. An expensive racehorse has been stolen. A policeman asks Holmes if any aspect of the crime strikes him as significent. I’ve been stolen, that’s why I’ve got such a long face!. The curious incident. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Deductive reasoning
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The curious incident
An expensive racehorse has been stolen. A policeman asks Holmes if any aspect of the crime strikes him as significent.
I’ve been stolen, that’s why I’ve got such a long face!
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The curious incident
Does any aspect of the crime strike you as significent Mr Holmes?
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The curious incident
Does any aspect of the crime strikes you as significent Mr Holmes?
Yes constable, the curious
incident of the dog in the night.
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The curious incident
The dog did nothing in the night Sir.
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The curious incident
The dog did nothing in the night Sir.
That is the curious incident!
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Holme’s reasoning
The solution to the crime hinges on the fact that the guard dog did not bark in the night, and from this Holmes deduces that the thief must have been known to the dog.
I know him!
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Holmes’ reasoning
Holmes’ reasoning can be laid out as follows
• Guard dogs bark at strangers
• The guard dog did not bark at the thief
• Therefore the thief was not a stranger
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Syllogisms
Holmes reasoning is an example of a syllogism.
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The Socrates Syllogism
• All human beings are mortal
• Socrates is a human being
• Therefore Socrates is mortal
premises
conclusion
Rationalism – A branch of philosophy which takes reason as the most important source of knowledge
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Syllogisms contain:
• Two premises and a conclusion
• Three terms, each must occur twice (“Socrates”, “human”, “mortal”.)
• Quantifiers, such as “all”, or “some” or “no” which tell us of the quantity being referred to
“TOK for the IB Diploma”, Richard van de Lagemaat, Cambridge
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Another example
• All boys like to fart
• Martin is a boy
• Martin likes to fart!
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Logic: Another thing penguins aren’t good at
Penguins are black and white,Some old TV shows are black and white,
therefore, some penguins are old TV shows.
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Truth and validity
An argument is valid if the conclusion follows logically from the premises.
All hippopotamuses eat cockroaches
Mr Porter is a hippopotamus
Therefore Mr Porter eats cockroaches
Both premises and conclusion are false, but the argument is valid.
Imagine that some strange planet exists where the premises
are true
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Truth and validity
All rats are teachers
Mr Porter is a rat
Therefore Mr Porter is a teacher
Both premises are false and conclusion is true! (but the argument is still valid).
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Deductive reasoning and truth
• Just because an argument is valid (Some IB students are from Russia, all Russians are good at drinking vodka, therefore some IB students are good at drinking vodka) does not mean that the conclusion is true.
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Deductive reasoning and truth
For an argument to be true you must be able to answer “yes” to the following questions:
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Deductive reasoning and truth
For an argument to be true you must be able to answer “yes” to the following questions:
• Are the premises true?
• Is the argument valid?
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Socrates
• Socrates is a man• All men are mortal• Therefore Socrates is
mortal
The conclusion is only true if the premises are true.
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Deciding whether a syllogism is valid
Trying to decide if a syllogism is valid is not easy.
Venn diagrams can help (at last a good use for Venn diagrams!)
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Deciding whether a syllogism is valid
• Some IB students are from Russia
• All Russians are good at drinking vodka
• Therefore some IB students are good at drinking vodka
Is this a valid argument?
Mmmmmmm…Vodka!
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Using Venn diagrams
• Some IB students are from Russia
IB Students
Russians
IB Students who are Russian
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Using Venn diagrams
• All Russians are good at drinking vodka
IB Students
Russians
Good vodka drinkers
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Using Venn diagrams
• Therefore some IB students are good at drinking vodka
IB Students
Russians
Good vodka drinkers
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Another example
• All As are Bs
• All Bs are Cs
• Therefore all Cs are As
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Another example
• All As are Bs
A
B
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Another example
• All Bs are Cs
A
B
C
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Another example
• Therefore all Cs are As
A
B
C
These Cs are not As
The syllogism is not valid
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Another example!
• All As are Bs
• Some As are Cs
• Therefore some Bs are Cs
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Another example!
• All As are Bs
A
B
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Another example!
• Some As are Cs
A
B
C
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Another example!
• Therefore some Bs are Cs
A
B
C
The syllogism is valid
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Now your turn
Using Venn diagrams in your notebooks, decide whether each of the following arguments is valid or invalid.
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Valid or invalid
• All Norwegians eat hotdogs
• Tom eats hotdogs• Therefore Tom is
Norwegian
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Valid or invalid
• No Swedes have red noses
• Mr Luitjens has a red nose
• Therefore Mr Luitjens is not a Swede
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Valid or invalid
• All Year 12 boys are brave
• Some brave people are compassionate
• Some Year 12 boys are compassionate
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Valid or invalid
• Some physicists are frauds• Some frauds are not wealthy• Therefore some physicists are not wealthy
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Valid or invalid
• All Norwegians have dogs• No good football players have dogs• Therefore no Norwegians are good football
players
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Valid or invalid
• All clever girls are red-headed
• All red heads are rich• Therefore all clever
girls are rich
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Valid or invalid
• No teachers are clever
• No Year 12 students are clever
• Therefore no year 12 students are teachers
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Inductive reasoning
• All human beings are mortal
This statement cannot be proved by logic and reasoning, but is based on experience.
This brings us to inductive reasoning
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Inductive reasoning
Whilst deductive reasoning goes from the general to the particular, inductive reasoning goes from the particular to the general
Going from “all observed human beings have died” to “all human beings are mortal” is an example of inductive reasoning
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Inductive reasoning and generalisations
• Since inductive reasoning goes from the observed to the unobserved, it enables us to make generalisations about the world
• All metals expand• All human beings are mortal
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Generalisations
• Is there a danger to generalisations?
• Mr Porter is going to give you a list of 14 generalisations. Can you put them in order from the most reliable to the least reliable? (he may ask you to justify your order)
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Generalisations
• French people are rude.• Water boils at 100 °C.• Most graffiti artists are
under 25 years old.• All generalisations are
dangerous.• When spelling in English
“i before e except after c”.
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Generalisations
• In Spanish, if a words ends in “o” it is masculine.
• Pit Bull dogs are dangerous.
• Norwegians are good at skiing.
• Year 12 students are lazy.• Metals expand when
heated.
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Generalisations
• There have been no AIDS cases amongst BSH students. BSH students must be free from AIDS.
• Afro-Caribbean people are good at sports.
• Boys are better at physics than girls.
• No-one succeeds without hard work.
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Inductive reasoning
What makes a good generalisation?
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Inductive reasoning
What makes a good generalisation?
You’ve got 5 minutes in your groups to think of “Five rules
for making good generalisations”.
When you’ve agreed your five rules can you write them
in your books?
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Inductive reasoning
What makes a good generalisation?
Let’s have a look at what the book
says!
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Good generalisations
• Number
You should look at a good number of examples. If you see one dog swimming, this is not enough to decide that “all dogs can swim”
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Good generalisations
• Variety
You should look at a variety of circumstances. In the example of dogs swimming, looking at different breeds of dog.
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Good generalisations
• Exceptions
You should actively look for counter examples. Look for dogs that can’t swim!
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Good generalisations
• Coherence
You should look for more evidence to support surprising claims! If somebody suggests that all dogs have superpowers you may demand greater proof!
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Good generalisations
• Subject area
Generalisations may be more reliable in some subject areas (e.g. science) than in others (e.g. economics or other social sciences).