Question

Explain how one of the three types of reasoning identified by Aristotle could be used in developing solutions.

Answer 1

Answer:

The three types of reasoning identified by Aristotle were abductive, inductive, and deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning can be used in developing solutions because it involves considering the surrounding context of a problem.

Explanation:

Aristotle was one of the most influential thinkers in the history of human thought and his understanding of reason has influenced many different European philosophies on the human mind as well as the sciences and scientific reasoning.  Inductive reasoning involves going into a situation without pre-formed judgements as much as possible, where you let the context and environment and circumstances help you to understand a situation and come to a decision.  This would useful in decision making so that you draw conclusions from actually observing the facts with as little bias as possible. Deductive reasoning is the opposite in some sense, where you have a hypothesis or a premise -- and idea or impression that you want to test or prove beforehand. Abduction is the kind of reasoning where you use a conclusion to determine the precondition.  This is used a lot in detective work as an example.  Since the cake has obviously been eaten (observation/conclusion) it must be that someone or some pet perhaps ate the cake on the kitchen table.