Types of inductive arguments

Argument from authority

An argument that concludes something is true because a presumed expert or witness has said that it is

Argument from analogy

An argument that depends on the existence of an analogy, or similarity between two things or state of affairs

Casual inference

An argument that proceeds from knowledge of a cause to a claim effect, or conversely from knowledge of an effect to a claim about a cause

Prediction

An argument that proceeds from our knowledge of the past to a claim about the future

Generalization

An argument that proceeds from the knowledge of a selected sample to some claim about the whole group

Argument based on signs

An argument that proceeds from the knowledge of a sign to a claim about the thing or situation that the sign symbolizes