Inference
Of reasoning. May also be referred to as illation.
The reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation.
This concept's ID is @1~31395
Contains
- analogy
An inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others.
- corollary
(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition.
- derivation
A line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted prop...
- deduction
Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political...
- extrapolation
An inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known...
- presumption
(law) an inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially...