The article author was referring to inductive reasoning in the sense of epistemology, which is not the same as mathematical induction. In fact, mathematical ind

The article author was referring to inductive reasoning in the sense of epistemology, which is not the same as mathematical induction. In fact, mathematical induction is a deductive reasoning technique. Here's the relevant wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_reasoning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_reasoning