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en-wikipedia-org-8138		Inductive reasoning - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	9689	1161	52	An anecdotal generalization is a type of inductive argument in which a conclusion about a population is inferred using a non-statistical sample.[9] In other words, the generalization is based on anecdotal evidence. His method of inductivism required that minute and many-varied observations that uncovered the natural world's structure and causal relations needed to be coupled with enumerative induction in order to have knowledge beyond the present scope of experience. In a 1965 paper, Gilbert Harman explained that enumerative induction is not an autonomous phenomenon, but is simply a disguised consequence of Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE).[29] IBE is otherwise synonymous with C S Peirce's abduction.[29] Many philosophers of science espousing scientific realism have maintained that IBE is the way that scientists develop approximately true scientific theories about nature.[34]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-8138.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-8138.txt