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| this is the type of mental activity which separates a concept as a whole into its individual parts, so that each part can be studied independently |
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| this is the metal activity which gives info or beliefs based on hunches or insight |
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| conjecture (to throw together) |
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| often called a guess, this is an opinion based on incomplete or inconclusive evidence but is supported by intuition |
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| this is the process of finding a general principle (called an induction), based upon the evidence of a finite number of specific cases |
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