Synonyms:
inductive, inducive
Meaning: inducing or influencing; leading on; "inductive to the sin of Eve"- John Milton
Synonyms:
inductive
Meaning: of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion; "inductive reasoning"
Synonyms:
inductive
Meaning: arising from inductance; "inductive reactance"
Usage examples
But this affords no evidence for their truth in the future, unless the inductive principle is assumed.
An example of such principles--perhaps the most important example is the inductive principle, which we considered in the preceding chapter.
The existence and justification of such beliefs--for the inductive principle, as we shall see, is not the only example--raises some of the most difficult and most debated problems of philosophy.