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Hasty generalisation

Jumping to a claim about all of a group, or about what always happens, from too few examples or from examples all of one kind.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You can spot a generalisation made from too few or too similar examples, and say instead only what the examples show.

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    You can spot a generalisation made from too few or too similar examples, and say instead only what the examples show.

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    Deduction and inductionA hasty generalisation is induction done badly, so first you need to know what induction is.

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