Literary notes about Infer (AI summary)
In literature, "infer" frequently serves as a bridge between observation and conclusion, denoting a process by which authorial or character insight is drawn from specific details. In scientific works, the term is employed to articulate reasoned conclusions based on empirical evidence, as seen when natural phenomena or evolutionary trends are deduced [1, 2, 3]. In philosophical treatises, it marks the logical progression from known circumstances to new, often tentative understanding [4, 5, 6]. Meanwhile, in fiction and dialogue, characters invoke "infer" to convey personal deduction from interpersonal cues or situational hints, thereby adding depth to their interactions and motivations [7, 8]. This multiplicity of uses underscores the word's versatility in bridging factual observation with interpretative meaning across genres.
- Judging from the past, we may safely infer that not one living species will transmit its unaltered likeness to a distant futurity.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - We may infer from all this that a nearly similar taste for beautiful colours and for musical sounds runs through a large part of the animal kingdom.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - We may infer from the frozen mammals and nature of the mountain vegetation, that Siberia was similarly affected.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin - From the order of the work, you infer, that there must have been project and forethought in the workman.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume - Whereas in the latter, the experienced event is exactly and fully familiar to that which we infer as the result of any particular situation.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume - As it shews a particular degree of these perfections, we infer a particular degree of them, precisely adapted to the effect which we examine.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume - 'I infer that it must be because I feel just as she felt about it.'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens - “Then, pray tell me what it is that you can infer from this hat?”
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
