![]() Example: 'When it rains, the grass gets wet. ![]() Given a true conclusion and a rule, it attempts to select some possible premises that, if true also, can support the conclusion, though not uniquely. inference to the best explanation, selects a cogent set of preconditions. Science is associated with this type of reasoning. Example: 'The grass got wet numerous times when it rained, therefore: the grass always gets wet when it rains.' While they may be persuasive, these arguments are not deductively valid, see the problem of induction. ![]() It hypothesizes a rule after numerous examples are taken to be a conclusion that follows from a precondition in terms of such a rule.
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