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Ampliative (from
Latin ampliare, "to enlarge"), a term used
mainly in logic,
meaning "extending" or "adding to that
which is
already known". This terminology...
- conclusion.
Deductive reasoning contrasts with non-deductive or
ampliative reasoning. For
ampliative arguments, such as
inductive or
abductive arguments, the...
- true then
their conclusion must also be true. This is not the case for
ampliative arguments,
which arrive at
genuinely new
information not
found in the...
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within the
premises of the
argument (if it is not, then the
argument is
ampliative and so is invalid). Therefore, the
claim is
already presupposed by the...
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falsify it.
Following Hume,
Popper rejected any
inductive logic that is
ampliative, i.e., any
logic that can
provide more
knowledge than
deductive logic...
- reasoning. Non-deductive
reasoning is
ampliative and defeasible. Sometimes, the
terms non-deductive reasoning,
ampliative reasoning, and
defeasible reasoning...
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conclusion constitute an inference,
which can be
either deductive and
ampliative depending on
whether it is
necessarily truth-preserving or introduces...
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history of
scientific method as
analysis versus synthesis, non-
ampliative/
ampliative, or even
confirmation and verification. (And
there are
other kinds...
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already contained in the premises. Thus, this
method of
reasoning is
ampliative. A
classic example of
inductive reasoning comes from the
empiricist David...
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contingent statement or claim.
Defeasible reasoning is also a kind of
ampliative reasoning because its
conclusions reach beyond the pure
meanings of the...
