Customer could infer that the cleaner was all-purpuse

The buyer wouldn't have to watch the vacuum perform every task to infer that it was a good vacuum cleaner. Such an inference might also be supported, for example, by the observation that the vacuum includes various attachments.

James Moor (1987).

Note: See also "The Inductive Evidence Interpretation" Box 108.
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