In chapter 4 of the Epstein book, Epstein talks about inferring and implying at the end of chapter 4. Imply and infer means “ when someone leaves a conclusion unsaid, he or she is implying the conclusion. When you decide that an unstated claim is the conclusion, you are inferring that claim” (Epstein 74). In the book, they used examples such as, “ Don’t forget we’re going to leave early for the beach tomorrow” said the father. The daughter came home at 3 in the morning and she was too sleepy to drive. The father implied that she should come home early so she can have a good nights rest and she can be up to drive early in the morning. He says one thing, and never states the conclusion. My own example is, “look at that car with all the dents on the car, she must not know how to drive”. I inferred that she didn’t know how to drive because the driver was a woman and the car has dents. Just because the car has dents doesn’t mean she don’t know how to drive. It can be that someone hit her car while its parked. Infer basically means a “conclusion about the unknown made on the basis of the known” (Cooper 22). So I know that her car is dent, but I made a conclusion.
Hello Aria. Good blog on the topic of Inferring and Implying. It shows that you understand the difference between the two and helps me better the meaning of inferring and implying. Through your blog, I further understand that there is such thing as a conclusion that is not entirely being said which is implying while inferring is drawing a conclusion from the evidence you know about something you are not totally know the answer to (the unknown). You inferred that the dent was from the girl being a bad driver; however, it can only be inferred because we do not know if someone could of hit her versus her possibly being a reckless driver.
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