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  1. If you could identify an aspect of what it is to be some given effect, would you call that knowledge inductive?

    If you could discover such an aspect through a process, would you consider that process inductive?

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      Vik

      When I was looking at history of science, I formed a number of concepts relevant to scientific investigation.  I've compiled my thoughts on them here:

      http://onyx-lodestone.tiddlyspace.com/#[[elements%20of%20scientific%20investigation]]

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  2. If you could identify an aspect of what it is to be some given effect, would you call that knowledge inductive?

    If you could discover such an aspect through a process, would you consider that process inductive?

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      Vik

      If you found that one aspect of heat transfer was the motion of constituents, would you regard that as causal knowledge and therefore grounds for induction?

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