Inductive/Deductive Reasoning
This is the limit to inductive reasoning:
Inductive reasoning does not guarente that the conclusion will be true.
This author was the first writer of detective fiction:
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
The murder of this story:
Who is the orangutan?
The maximum amount of detectives allowed in one story:
What is one detective?
This has to be provided for deductive reasoning to be reliable:
What are true premises?
This is often considered the first detective story:
Hint: (Not the first full novel)
What is "The Murders of Rue Morgue"?
The detective of this story is:
Who is C. Aguste Dupin?
The metaphor for the mind:
What is the mind attic?
This is an example of what kind of reasoning:
"Data: I see fireflies in my backyard every summer.
Hypothesis: This summer, I will probably see fireflies in my backyard."
What is Inductive reasoning?
This is the century when the genre originated:
What is the 19th century (1800s)?
This bloody weapon was found in the apartment:
What is a razor?
According to the twenty rules, this crime must be committed:
What is murder?
This is an example of what kind of reasoning:
"Major premise: All birds lay eggs.
Minor premise: Pigeons are birds.
Conclusion: Pigeons lay eggs."
What is Deductive Reasoning?
This is often considered the first full detective novel:
What is "The Moonstone"?
This is the piece of evidence that every witness agreed on:
What were two individual voices (one French and one foreign)?
This is the person who wrote the basic rules that every detective novel should follow:
Who is S.S. Van Dine?
Abductive reasoning usually starts with this:
What is an incomplete set of observations?
This fictional detective inspired the character of Sherlock Holmes:
Who is C. Auguste Dupin?
He was wrongly arrested for the murderers:
Who is Adolph Le Bon?
This is the effect that the internet has had on our "brain attics":
What is the decreased ability to retain information?