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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Does induction here mean "reasoning from detailed facts to general principles"?

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consilience

noun
agreement between inductions drawn from different sets of data or from different
academic disciplines
  

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Here's my understanding. Induction involves identifying general principles by considering specific cases consilience involves linking together general principles from different fields. Clive

— Clive

  • Here's my understanding.
  • Induction involves identifying general principles by considering specific cases consilience involves linking together general principles from different fields.
  • Clive
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Here's my understanding.

Induction involves identifying general principles by considering specific cases

consilience involves linking together general principles from different fields.

Clive
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NL888 Does induction here mean "reasoning from detailed facts to general principles"?
Yes. I would say so.

So "consilience" occurs when two or more different ways of reasoning in this way all come to the same conclusion. Briefly, "consilience" is like "matching results".

CJ
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I have to admit that I had never come across the word 'consilience' before reading this thread. Emotion: embarrassed
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fivejedjonI have to admit that I had never come across the word 'consilience' before reading this thread.
Well, if it's any consolation to you, I've only encountered it four or five times in my whole life. It doesn't exactly win any popularity contests.
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