One important concept that was discussed in Chapter 14 was the idea of "generalizing." People generalize things everyday and it is commonly used daily. Generalizing is how we use our experience to understand things that happen in our lives. What happened before will most likely happen again until we experience a change. The more we experience something, the better our generalization becomes because we have more examples to draw upon. General claims that is the conclusion is called the "generalization." Plausible premises about the sample are called the inductive reasoning. To see whether a generalization is good or not, we must look at the generalization as an argument. "Strong arguments with plausible premises will be the best since there will be the possibility that there is an exception to a generalization (Epstein pg.280)."
Example of generalizations
"La Vic's is alway busy on Friday and Saturday nights from all the college students who are trying to get a late night snack."
Generalization - Yes
Sample - Every time I have been to La Vic's at night, it is alway busy.
Population - Anyone who has gone to La Vic's on a Friday or Saturday night.
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