Induktiivisten

Induktiivisten is the genitive plural form of the Finnish adjective induktiivinen, meaning inductive. It is used to modify plural nouns that are in the genitive case. For example, in phrases like induktiivisten menetelmien käyttö (the use of inductive methods) or induktiivisten johtopäätösten kriittinen arviointi (a critical assessment of inductive conclusions), the adjective agrees with the head noun in number and case.

Grammatically, induktiivinen belongs to the common -inen class of Finnish adjectives. Its inflection includes: nominative singular induktiivinen; genitive singular induktiivisen; partitive singular induktiivista; nominative plural induktiiviset; genitive plural induktiivisten; partitive plural induktiivisia. Thus, induktiivisten is the genitive plural form, used when the modified noun is plural and in genitive case, or when expressing possession in a phrase.

In academic and technical writing, induktiivinen describes inductive reasoning, methods, or claims, typically contrasted with deductive (deduktiivinen). Common collocations include induktiiviset menetelmät (inductive methods), induktiivinen päättely (inductive reasoning), and induktiivisten väitteiden (inductive claims).

Etymologically, induktiivinen is a standard Finnish term adopted to translate the English “inductive.” It is used across disciplines such as philosophy of science, statistics, data analysis, and machine learning, where distinctions between inductive and deductive reasoning are relevant.