Induction

Induction: process of deriving general principles from aggregated particular observations.

An argument whose premise(s) are supposed to make its conclusion more or less acceptable or probable.

Source: ‘What is Good? What is Bad? The Value of All Values across Time, Place and Theories’ by John McMurtry, Philosophy and World Problems, Volume I-III, UNESCO in partnership with Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems: Oxford, 2004-11.