Deductive reasoning is based on specific evidence in order to prove that an individual is guilty of an offence. Inductive reasoning, also called inductive logic, is reasoning that goes beyond what we actually know in order to make a conclusion. Deductive reasoning is done with actual evidence while inductive reasoning is based on a proposition. The textbook give a great example of inductive reasoning, “All of john Wayne Gacy’s victims found to date were male-so Gacy did not kill females”. It uses information that has been obtained in order to further solve the problem. Arguments in deductive reasoning are either valid or invalid as for inductive reasoning; arguments can be strong or weak. Typically conclusions that are formed from deductive
