reasoning by use more than definition , scientific method deploys both inductive reasoning ( that reasoning which proceeds from specific observations and experimentsa penny dropped will fall to the ground : there is such a thing as gravityto form more general hypotheses and theories ) and deductive reasoning ( that reasoning which travels the other waywe postulate a force called gravity : so , if let go , this penny should fall to the groundfrom intuited theories or hypotheses to predict and/or account for specific , observed phenomena ) .