Both induction and deduction, reasoning from the particular and the general, and back again from the universal to … - Hans Christian von Baeyer

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Hans Christian von Baeyer

Both induction and deduction, reasoning from the particular and the general, and back again from the universal to the specific, form the essence to scientific thinking.

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