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 |  What It Is  | The establishment of axioms for the world and applying logic to these.    |
 |  But The World Is Non-Axiomatic !  | Yes. But there is no way to apply logic unless we hypothesize some pseudo-axioms. The only difference between this and mathematics is that in science we must accept that the so-called "laws" of physics may be only conditionally correct (or possibly even completely incorrect, in light of our goal of figuring out the "ultimate" truth about how the universe works).     |
-|  Deduction  | Results of two statements that logically are necessarily true. \\ //Example: If it's true that all swans are white, and Joe ifIs a swan, then Joe must be white//.    |
+|  Deduction  | Results of two statements that logically are necessarily true. \\ //Example: If it's true that all swans are white, and Joe is a swan, then Joe must be white//.    |
 |  Abduction  | Reasoning from conclusions to causes. \\ //Example: If the light is on, and it was off just a minute ago, someone must have flipped the switch//.     |
 |  Induction  | Generalization from observation. \\ //Example: All the swans I have ever seen have been white, hence I hypothesize that all swans are white//.    |