Analytic, synthetic, deductive & inductive

"A triangle has three sides"

• Analytic

• Synthetic

"The cat is on the mat."

• Analytic

• Synthetic

"All bachelors are unmarried."

• Analytic

• Synthetic

"Some roses are red."

• Analytic

• Synthetic

"Ice is frozen water."

• Analytic

• Synthetic

"In most countries, people drive on the right side of the road."

• Analytic

• Synthetic

"If a person who commits theft has broken the law and John committed theft, John must have broken the law"

• Inductive

• Deductive

"Since every swan I have seen is white, all swans are probably white"

• Inductive

• Deductive

"Since we’ve only found planets orbiting stars after observing thousands of them, all planets are likely to orbit stars"

• Inductive

• Deductive

"Since all fish have gills and a salmon is a fish, a salmon must have gills"

• Inductive

• Deductive