Chapter 4 - TFY - Inferences - Summary

“TFY”: Chapter 4 – Inferences – Summary

This chapter explains the difference between inference and fact. Fact is the specific details of something. Fact is the obvious and can be proven or supported by these specific details. When we infer something, we are drawing our own conclusion or making an assumption or a guess about it. This chapter talks about when we are writing we need to concentrate on the facts first; we need to be able to state the obvious. Inference can be very helpful though to connect the dots so to speak when observing something. You just need to be careful not to confuse the facts with what is being inferred. This can be difficult to do. I think for me, when observing something, I am so sure that I know what is going on, that I mistake it for the facts. This is a simple mistake to make. In this chapter we also learn about generalization. This is when you take an individual and place them into a group for example. This is also something that you need to be cautious with. Don’t generalize something too fast. When generalizing you need to make sure these generalizations can be supported by facts.