DUE: November 8, beginning of class.

POINTS: 30 points.

DOCUMENTS: http://www.bakerstreet221b.de/canon/index.html

DESCRIPTION:

Sherlock Holmes is always referred to as the Master of Deduction. I wonder. Could he be the Master of Induction? or the Master of Abduction? You decide:

As a group project, read one of the Sherlock Holmes stories "Silver Blaze," "The Red-Headed League," or "A Scandal in Bohemia" and as a group list all of the instances of reasoning by 1) Deduction, 2) Induction, and 3) Abduction that you can find. Argue with one another. The most common mistake is finding deduction when there's really induction or abduction. 10pts

There is a new blog entry for your collective "worksheet.'

Please do this by Sunday evening, October 17th...up to midnight. No duplications...the earlier you do it, the better chance you have of getting done with only one story. (You only need participate in one of the story analyses.) We'll be watching and maybe intervening.

You can find the stories at

http://www.bakerstreet221b.de/canon/silv.htm

http://www.bakerstreet221b.de/canon/redh.htm

http://www.bakerstreet221b.de/canon/scan.htm

An Individual Assignment: Then, individually, take any other collection of Sherlock Holmes stories from

http://www.bakerstreet221b.de/canon/index.html

and on your own find at least 10 instances of 1) Deduction, 2) Induction, and 3) Abduction. (Not ten each, ten total.) Number them, note them with quotations, identify the reasoning, and defend your answer.