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Inductive and Deductive Methods as Applied to OT Chronology

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<strong>Inductive</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Deductive</strong> <strong>Methods</strong> <strong>as</strong> <strong>Applied</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>OT</strong> <strong>Chronology</strong> 107puzzle. If this is attempted, it will soon be concluded that late-date edi<strong>to</strong>rs cannotinvent clues <strong>and</strong> have them all fit <strong>to</strong>gether; before clues are provided, the answermust be known that will fit <strong>to</strong>gether in<strong>to</strong> a solution. Furthermore a sufficient numberof clues must be given so that someone else can solve the puzzle.Figure 1. Example of a Logic Puzzle 23Amy takes five cl<strong>as</strong>ses (including his<strong>to</strong>ry) at Bimbleman University, each taught by a differentprofessor. At first she w<strong>as</strong> baffled by the fact that each instruc<strong>to</strong>r (including ProfessorBookwerme) h<strong>as</strong> a different eccentric pet theory, but by now she h<strong>as</strong> gotten used <strong>to</strong> theirdigressions. Can you determine each professor’s cl<strong>as</strong>s <strong>and</strong> theory?1. Amy’s psychology professor is not Dr. Weissenhimer.2. Her philosophy cl<strong>as</strong>s meets just after that of the professor who claims that dinosaurs werereally aliens who got stuck here on a field trip.3. Her political science cl<strong>as</strong>s meets just before the cl<strong>as</strong>s with the professor who insists thatShakespeare’s plays were really written by someone named Larry.4. Professor Smartalecq believes that gravity is a hoax perpetrated by the hot-air balloonindustry; Professor Noetalle does not teach his<strong>to</strong>ry.5. Amy’s psychology professor firmly believes that the lunar l<strong>and</strong>ing w<strong>as</strong> faked on a NorthDakota prairie.6. As one professor orated about dinosaurs, Amy slipped out <strong>to</strong> attend her next cl<strong>as</strong>s, led byDr. Eguehedd.7. The his<strong>to</strong>ry professor, who isn’t Dr. Weissenhimer, believes that the earth is flat.23 Puzzle is from Scott McKinney, “Academia Nuts,” in Dell Logic Puzzles (Norwalk, Conn.: DellMagazines, Dec. 2001):10. Copyright © 2006, Dell Magazines. Dell Logic Puzzles, December 2001.Used with permission of the publisher. All rights reserved. Visit Online at www.dellmagazines.com(accessed 12/30/06) for more favorite puzzles.

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