inductive reactance. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
inductive reasoning. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
However, in addition to DS explanation, Hempel also recognizes a distinctive sort of statistical explanation, which he calls inductive-statistical or. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific Explanation] Reference
The Touchstone uses a method referred to as inductive charging. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets] Reference
“One was called inductive charging and one was conductive charging,” explains ODOT spokesman Art James. From Wordnik.com. [Oregon Invites Bids for a Network of Electric Car Charging Stations] Reference
We reason now from facts to conclusion; this is called the inductive method, to collect facts, then draw inferences. From Wordnik.com. [The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861)] Reference
The driving idea is that so-called inductive definitions ought to be allowed in the realm of constructive mathematics. From Wordnik.com. [Set Theory: Constructive and Intuitionistic ZF] Reference
The intuitive, no less than what may be termed the inductive school of ethics, insists on the necessity of general laws. From Wordnik.com. [The Definition of Morality] Reference
The intuitive, no less than what may be termed the inductive, school of ethics, insists on the necessity of general laws. From Wordnik.com. [Utilitarianism] Reference
The process itself is called inductive charging, whereby an electromagnetic field is used to transfer energy between two objects. From Wordnik.com. [Reseller News] Reference
Dr. Tomasello says that the approach known as inductive parenting works best because it reinforces the child's natural propensity to cooperate with others. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Toyota engineers in Japan and the U.S. are working on a so- called inductive motor that's lighter and more efficient than the magnet-type motor now used in its Prius, said. From Wordnik.com. [Toyota Readying Electric Motors That Don't Use Rare Earths - Bloomberg] Reference
When we regard this belief in connection with science, 'in which connection it receives a more imposing name, and is called the inductive principle,' the result is the same. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
One of the most successfully cultivated branches of philosophy in our time is what is called inductive logic, the study of the conditions under which our sciences have evolved. From Wordnik.com. [Pragmatism] Reference
Now I consider it fairly obvious that some, perhaps even much, DD is ampliative and thus "inductive" in logicians' lingo. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
In the lingo of logicians, "inductive" inference is any type of inference that is valid, in principle and for certain purposes, but not strictly deductive. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
This is known as an inductive argument. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates] Reference
But the word "inductive" was not here pronounced accidentally and without special intention. From Wordnik.com. [Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic] Reference
After showing the difficulty of making such a case to everyone’s satisfaction, Gene introduces the idea of inductive gradualism pp.29-34. From Wordnik.com. [Review of Mike Gene, The Design Matrix: A Consilience of Clues (Arbor Vitae Press, 2007).] Reference
Bentham thus professes to use an 'inductive' instead of the deductive method of the Jacobins; but reaches the same practical conclusions from the other end. From Wordnik.com. [The English Utilitarians, Volume I.] Reference
It's called the inductive fallacy. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: McCain Takes Seven-Point Lead In Missouri] Reference
This is called inductive reasoning. From Wordnik.com. [Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism] Reference
The inductive philosophy takes nothing for granted. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education] Reference
He thought that question of inductive philosophy very nice. From Wordnik.com. [My New Curate] Reference
The great fabulist no more invented it than Lord Bacon invented inductive reasoning. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
His method of cultivating medicine was in the true spirit of the inductive philosophy. From Wordnik.com. [Fathers of Biology] Reference
It is not a whit more difficult in these than in other cases to obtain inductive certainty. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
In the inductive sciences the individual instance has an importance of quite a different sort. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
Aristotle, on the other hand, argued from particulars to universals, and this inductive method was the true beginning of science. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
They were the founders of mathematics, of physics, of the inductive study of politics, of the philosophy of human nature and life. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
The special inductive feature of the work consists in calling attention, by query and suggestion, to the most important phenomena and inferences. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
If so, inductive reasoning will lead us to the inference, which subsequent experience will strengthen, that the moon is inhabited like its superior planet. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
As an instance of his method, Bacon gives an investigation into the nature and cause of the rainbow, which is really a very fine specimen of inductive research. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
National Institute, in which, up to that date, an account was given by me of 'the various improvements and discoveries made by our countrymen in the inductive sciences.'. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference
Thomas Hobbes agreed with Bacon and Galileo that all knowledge starts from experience, and, carrying out the inductive method of Bacon, he produced his "Leviathan" in 1651. From Wordnik.com. [The Necessity of Atheism] Reference
This long and varied survey of different forms of physical and mental malady brings us to a point where we may, with some confidence, take our stand on inductive conclusions. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
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