Literary notes about induction (AI summary)
The term "induction" appears in literature with a broad range of meanings that reflect both abstract and concrete processes. In some works it describes a method of reasoning—drawing general conclusions from particular observations or experiences ([1],[2],[3])—and is used to illustrate how accepted truths lead to further inferences or persuasive arguments ([4],[5],[6]). At the same time, the word is employed in technical and scientific contexts to refer to physical phenomena involving electromagnetic forces, such as the workings of induction coils that generate sparks or currents ([7],[8],[9]). Additionally, "induction" carries a metaphorical weight, designating processes of initiation into groups or new roles, creating a symbolic entrance that marks the beginning of participation or transformation ([10],[11],[12]).
- Human nature, viewed under an induction of extended experience, is the best help to the criticism of human history.
— from The Iliad by Homer - “The reference of any fact discovered by experience to general laws or rules we call induction.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross - [Pg 79] CHAPTER SEVEN SYSTEMATIC INFERENCE: INDUCTION AND DEDUCTION § 1.
— from How We Think by John Dewey - In like manner too rhetoricians persuade, either through examples (which amounts to induction), or through enthymemes (which amounts to syllogism).
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle - art of reasoning, logic. process of reasoning, train of reasoning, chain of reasoning; deduction, induction, abduction; synthesis, analysis.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - For induction is an argument, which by means of some admitted truths establishes naturally other truths which resemble them.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius - A spark of this kind would not be sufficiently hot to ignite a charge in a motor cylinder, and a spark from the induction coil is therefore used.
— from How it Works by Archibald Williams - An induction coil gathers the electricity generated and directs it to a specially designed lantern.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne - The difficulty is to devise induction coils of great power though of small size.
— from How it Works by Archibald Williams - Isabel made a rapid induction: perfect simplicity was not the badge of his family.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James - These promises are fair, the parties sure, And our induction full of prosperous hope.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare - Astor had no sooner gained a position as a thrifty trader, than he took a higher step by induction into Free-Masonry.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
