... which an argument is valid" (Gillott, J & Kumar, M. 1995, p16). If a generalisation deduced from the premises i.e. if A is true and B is true then C must be true, it is known as deductive logic. "Deductive knowledge does not get very far is reasoning about matters of fact. It merely draws out what is implicit in the premises. No risk is involved, and no extension of ... knowledge is made" (Gillott, J & Kumar, M. p.17). The other form of logic is inductive logic, which has already been dismissed by Hume. Popper elaborates on Hume's theory by introducing an example to ... ...

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