Induction and deduction: a historical aspect

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By the end of the XVI century in European philosophy established all the preconditions for its transition to a rationalist position, to the experimental method of understanding the world. Among the thinkers who first promoted the idea of experimental science, was F. bacon and R. Descartes.

The principles of scientific knowledge that has been substantiated by these scholars, has virtually created a new philosophical-methodological setting. She has largely overcome the limitations of the Aristotelian Organon and the medieval scholastics, who did not recognize the experience as source of knowledge of reality.

According to bacon, to consistently and really explore the world of nature to apply the method of induction and deduction. In the framework of the inductive method is needed, in his view, follow from the particular to the General, from individual facts to move towards generalizing the insights that Francis bacon gave the name – middle axioms. This will provide an opportunity to ensure the accuracy and gradualness in the cognitive process, as bacon saw great danger in the transition from individual fixed in the minds from facts to generalizations. The mechanism of the movement of thought was not opposed to the deductive-model syllogistical reasoning, and very effectively complements it. In a word induction and deduction were organically United under a single methodological tool. This approach has greatly extended the boundaries of application of each of the components of the inductive-deductive method, which were previously used independently of each other.

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Bacon argued that there is complete and incomplete induction-deduction, and because of this quite clearly identified their methodological possibilities and a place in the General system of educational resources of modern science. The highest form of this method, the thinker believed true induction, it was she who, according to bacon, can lead one not only to valid conclusions, but the conclusions are quite new. As their check and is recommended to resort to another method-experiment, which serves as the highest instance in relation to proving the thesis.

As you know, today the definition of induction is formulated in quite clear – the process of climbing in the reasoning of many individual judgments to a single generalized their conclusions. Deduction involves a movement in a different direction – from the generic reasoning to certain conclusions that are fair for all objects that compose the set.

If we consider the categories of induction and deduction in the context of their historical development, the picture is somewhat more complicated.

In antiquity and the middle ages scientists were predominantly used deduction, the main achievement and the form of which was the syllogistic of Aristotle. As already mentioned, here the idea goes from axioms to private judgment. To the knowledge of the laws of nature using this method is not effective because this method is absolutely not based on experience. Reliance on experience can give only the induction, which involves the movement of learning from the individual facts that are amenable to experimental verification, to the General regulations. Interestingly, the induction described exactly Aristotle himself, however, at the time, did not attach any scientific and practical importance. But considered it the most powerful methodological tool that is F. bacon and R. Descartes developed the principles of practical application on the basis of experimental validation of facts. These scientists have proven that induction and deduction can perform in the knowledge of the generic function.

Induction, as the formal-logical reasoning, very widely used in the educational process. The logic of the inductive algorithm is the following: detecting identical properties of objects of the same class, the subject of cognition formulates a conclusion about belonging of all to all items comprising this class. Thanks to this algorithm the deployment of thoughts, were discovered the law of gravity, regularities dependencies, atmospheric pressure and other empirical relationships existing in the observed nature.

Deduction, showing a movement of thinking from the General to the individual, played a lasting role in the development of theoretical science at the stage of formulating a hypothesis is ideas. In this case, it represents the starting point of the formation of a new knowledge system.

In the modern scientific methodology, induction and deduction interact with each other in much the same way as, for example, synthesis and analysis, and their use implies the need for a proper choice exactly where to place each of the methods gives the greatest effect.


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