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→Deduction and Induction
:'''Conclusion:''' ''All'' students are wearing red
:'''Conclusion:''' ''All'' students are wearing red
Given the amount of evidence, it is reasonable to inductively conclude that all students are wearing red; however, one's senses could fail or a student could be hiding who is wearing blue. Given this, the conclusion is never certainly true and can only be highly probably true. The event of moving from "''n'' examples are this way" to a universal statement that "''all'' examples are this way" is commonly known as the [[Problem of Induction|problem of induction]].
Given the amount of evidence, it is reasonable to inductively conclude that all students are wearing red; however, one's senses could fail or a student could be hiding who is wearing blue. Given this, the conclusion is never certainly true and can only be highly probably true. The event of moving from "''n'' examples are this way" to a universal statement that "''all'' examples are this way" is commonly known as the problem of induction.
== Uses of logic in other disciplines ==
== Uses of logic in other disciplines ==