Inference from particular to universal by Inductio, ascendendo; 3.
Inference from particular to particular by Experientia Literata, in plano; 2.
Inference from universal to particular by Syllogism, descendendo.
The attribute predicated of it in an hypothetical proposition, is that of being an inference from a certain other proposition.
The predicate is a general relative name applicable to propositions; of this form--"an inference from so and so.
This has led them to ascribe priority and independence to our inner states, and to regard outer objects as known only by an inference from them.
But not only am I ignorant of all conditions under which this logical pre-eminence may belong to anything, I can neither put such a concept to any use nor draw the least inference from it.
Problematic idealism consists in the assertion that we are incapable of having experience of any existence save our own; only our inner states are immediately apprehended; all other existences are determined by inference from them.
In so doing Hume, Kant argues, confuses the legitimate and purely a priori inference from a given event to some antecedent with the very different inference, possible only through special experience, to a specific cause.
The predicate is a general relative name applicable to propositions; of this form—“an inference from so and so.
But as I find it will be more convenient to sink this question in the following, Why we conclude, that such particular causes must necessarily have such particular erects, and why we form an inference from one to another?
But again; suppose we observe several instances, in which the same objects are always conjoined together, we immediately conceive a connexion betwixt them, and begin to draw an inference from one to another.
The attribute predicated of it in a hypothetical proposition, is that of being an inference from a certain other proposition.
This, for example, is the scope of the inquiries of geology; and they are no more illogical or visionary than judicial inquiries, which also aim at discovering a past event by inference from those of its effects which still subsist.
A theory which goes on, by inference from what we observe in our own minds, to construct a theory of the Universe necessarily involves a Metaphysic, conscious or unconscious.
But even there the belief is not really immediate: it is an inference from what is actually matter of experience.
If Deduction is the interpretation of a memorandum, it is no part of the process of inference from facts.
In so far as "Socrates is mortal" is an inference from facts, it is not the conclusion of a Syllogism.
We cannot speak of the consciousness of human beings other than ourselves without drawing an inference from analogy; quite as little ought we to speak of a consciousness of forgotten things.
The concrete natural sciences can never be exact and are as unable to subsist without the inductive method of inference from analogy as a tree without its roots.
Inference from analogy, scientific induction, the comparison of the experiences of our five senses, prove to us the existence of the outer world, our fellow-men and the psychology of the latter.
Inference from analogy, applied with caution, is not only permissible in this science, but obligatory.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "inference from" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
