I learned in my undergraduate degree, in about 1987, that “deductive” reasoning was different from “inductive” reasoning, that syllogisms did not add to actual knowledge, and scientific method which did was not deductive, and could not be certain in the same way.
I too would like shorter posts. Much of this post appears to be explaining what I have just said, even if in quite an entertaining way.
I learned in my undergraduate degree, in about 1987, that “deductive” reasoning was different from “inductive” reasoning, that syllogisms did not add to actual knowledge, and scientific method which did was not deductive, and could not be certain in the same way.
I too would like shorter posts. Much of this post appears to be explaining what I have just said, even if in quite an entertaining way.