Judgement and Decision Making

Logical Reasoning:

Deductive Reasoning: Deals with certainty

• Argues from general to the specific 
• Argues that conclusion necessarily follows from initial hypotheses

Inductive Reasoning: Deals with probabilities and common sense

• An educated guess
• Suggests truth but does not ensure it

Syllogism: 3 statement logical form with the first 2 parts stating the premises taken to be true, and the third part starting a conclusion based on those premises.…