Question

According to your textbook, what kind of reasoning is used in the following statement?Last summer, a five-year-old boy in Seattle was killed by his brother when the two were playing with their father’s gun. Last month, four-year-old Dylan Jackson accidentally killed himself after finding a loaded gun at a friend’s home during a birthday party. In Tampa, Florida, a two-year-old shot himself in the chest with a pistol left in the family couch. Clearly, children in America are at risk from gun accidents.a. chain reasoningb. reasoning from principlec. deductive reasoningd. reasoning from specific instances*e. analogical reasoning

Answer 1

Answer:

d. reasoning from specific instances

Explanation:

Reasoning: The term "reasoning" is described as the study that encompasses the way different individuals reason, draw conclusions based on the information in order to make decisions and solve problems. However, reasoning has been overlapped in a variety of subjects including philosophy, artificial intelligence, cognitive science, psychology, probability theory, etc.

In the question above, the given statement represents "reasoning from specific instances" that states that the reasoning is being made in this scenario by taking small and specific examples or instances into consideration i.e, a constructive way of thinking is being involved.