Friday, November 12, 2010

Different Types of Reasoning (Real world examples)

Reasoning by analogy- You have to pay a toll to cross the bridge in a car. Bob is planning on driving across the bridge. He will have to pay a toll.

Sign Reasoning- Green means go, red means stop!

Casual Reasoning- I was late for my interview. This made me look like an irresponsible worker. Therefore I was not hired.

Reasoning by Criteria- Bob wants a new, flashy sports car. Will this BMW do?

Reasoning by Example- You want a well balance and quick sports car that still offers some levels of class and comfort? You should try a BMW M3! Alan has one and said that its the best car he's ever driven!

Inductive- Wow that liquor store is great! It's open 24/7 every day, even holidays! Anytime I stop by to buy something, I know it'll be open!

Deductive Reasoning- These finger prints belong to Bob. Bob's finger prints were found on the murder weapon. Bob is the killer!

2 comments:

  1. You had very good examples for each word we had to give an example for. Each were short but very easily to read. You did not put a paragraph for each one but a few sentences that worked well in the post. Reading each one feels that u either have a BMW M3 or want one in the future because you talked about BMWs in majority of the examples. The one I liked the most was sign of reasoning because it was well thought of and incorporated real life for sure. Keep up with the good posts. Hope you achieve the BMW you want.

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  2. Haha yeah I actually do already have a BMW M3. Picked it up about 3 months ago! Thanks for the kind words!

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