Inductive reasoning is the basis of the western scientific method. Plato saw reality in ideas that could only be known by thinking and reasoning about them. ... Two kinds of logic were used by Aristotle: deductive, which led to certain conclusions and inductive which led to probable conclusions. He is famous for the syllogism (deductive reasoning) that takes two truths, connects them, and comes up with a third statement that is also true. ... He also used inductive reasoning to go from specific statements to general statements. ...

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Rationalists rely on reason as a purely deductive process to attain justified truths about reality. ... In this paper I will give my understanding of both rationalism and empiricism, describe the ideas and contributions each of the men made to their respective schools, and give my personal reasoning why one is more true than the other. ... In order to discover these ideas in our soul, we must go about a method of reasoning, which he referred to as methodological doubt. ... The other is reasoning gained from perception or "matters of fact ". ... However, when dealing with people I take Hume&#...

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Does God Exist? Since the beginning of time, man has been struggling to answer the question, how did we get here? What or who was responsible for the creation of life? It seemed natural to conclude that there must have been a higher power that created the reality known by man. However, how does...

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