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====4.3.4. Details of Induction====

====4.3.4. Details of Induction====

To understand the relevance of inductive reasoning to the closing phases of inquiry there are a couple of observations we should make.  First, we need to recognize that smaller inquiries are woven into larger inquiries, whether we view the whole pattern of inquiry as carried on by single agents or complex communities.  Next, we need to consider three distinct ways in which particular instances of inquiry can relate to an ongoing inquiry at a larger scale.  These inductive modes of interaction between inquiries may be referred to as the learning, transfer, and testing of rules.

To understand the relevance of inductive reasoning to the closing phases of inquiry there are a couple of observations we should make.  First, we need to recognize that smaller inquiries are woven into larger inquiries, whether we view the whole pattern of inquiry as carried on by single agents or complex communities.  Next, we need to consider three distinct ways in which particular instances of inquiry can relate to an ongoing inquiry at a larger scale.  These inductive modes of interaction between inquiries may be referred to as the learning, transfer, and testing of rules.

Throughout inquiry the reasoner makes use of rules that have to be transported across intervals of experience, from masses of experience where they are learned to moments of experience where they are used.  Inductive reasoning is involved in the learning and transfer of these rules, both in accumulating a knowledge base and in carrying it through the times between acquisition and application.

Throughout inquiry the reasoner makes use of rules that have to be transported across intervals of experience, from masses of experience where they are learned to moments of experience where they are used.  Inductive reasoning is involved in the learning and transfer of these rules, both in accumulating a knowledge base and in carrying it through the times between acquisition and application.

Thus, the first way that induction contributes to an ongoing inquiry is through the learning of rules, that is, by creating each of the rules in the knowledge base that gets used along the way.  The second way is through the use of analogy, a two step combination of induction and deduction, to transfer rules from one context to another.  Finally, every inquiry making use of a knowledge base constitutes a "field test" of its accumulated contents.  If the knowledge base fails to serve any live inquiry in a satisfactory manner, then there may be reason to reconsider some of its rules.

Thus, the first way that induction contributes to an ongoing inquiry is through the learning of rules, that is, by creating each of the rules in the knowledge base that gets used along the way.  The second way is through the use of analogy, a two step combination of induction and deduction, to transfer rules from one context to another.  Finally, every inquiry making use of a knowledge base constitutes a “field test” of its accumulated contents.  If the knowledge base fails to serve any live inquiry in a satisfactory manner, then there may be reason to reconsider some of its rules.

I will now detail how these principles of learning, transfer, and testing apply to the "Rainy Day" example.

I will now detail how these principles of learning, transfer, and testing apply to the ''Rainy Day'' example.

=====4.3.4.1. Learning=====

=====4.3.4.1. Learning=====