Deductive Inductive Abductive

The table next to me at Panera has a bowl of soup on it, but no one is sitting there. Maybe they are in the restroom and will return soon.

• Inductive

• Deductive

• Abductive

If it is snowing, the temperature must be below freezing. It is snowing outside. Therefore, the temperature is below freezing.

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Abductive

All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal.

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Abductive

All mammals have lungs. A whale is a mammal. Therefore, a whale has lungs.

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Abductive

The streets are wet this morning. It probably rained last night.

• A) Deductive

• B) Inductive

• C) Abductive

I hear barking in the backyard, and I don’t own a dog. A neighbor’s dog must have wandered into my yard.

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Abductive

I’ve seen many teenagers use their phones constantly. Therefore, most teenagers probably spend a lot of time on their phones.

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Abductive

The power is out, and my neighbors' houses are also dark. The most likely explanation is that there is a power outage in the area.

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Abductive

After observing that swans in the park are white, I conclude that all swans must be white.

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Abductive

What type of reasoning is used here?

All dolphins are mammals, and all mammals have kidneys. Therefore, dolphins have kidneys.

• Deductive

• Inductive

• Abductive