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Deduction - in logic, form of inference such that the conclusion must be true if the premises are true. For example, if we know that all men have two legs and that John is a man, it is then logical to deduce that John has two legs. Logicians contrast deduction with induction, in which the conclusion might be false even when the premises are true. Deduction has to do with necessity; induction

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Deductive Reasoning and Strategies » Read Now
by Walter Schaeken, Gino De Vooght, Andre Vandierendonck, Gery d'Ydewalle. 321 pgs.

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Fifteen essays, originating from the eponymously titled workshop at the Royal Academy of Science, Brussels, March 1998, explore various trends in the psychology of reasoning. Chapters include discussions of syllogistic, spatial, propositional, and statistical reasoning. Also included are chapters on...
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Fifteen essays, originating from the eponymously titled workshop at the Royal Academy of Science, Brussels, March 1998, explore various trends in the psychology of reasoning. Chapters include discussions of syllogistic, spatial, propositional, and statistical reasoning. Also included are chapters on meta-theory and a concluding essay that attempts to draw conclusions from the preceding material.
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Deductive Reasoning, in Annual Review of Psychology » Read Now
by P. N. Johnson-Laird. 27 pgs.

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...DEDUCTIVE REASONING. by P. N. Johnson-Laird...reviews recent experimental studies of deductive reasoning in order to help readers to assess...training in logic, may err in...
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Reasoning, Necessity, and Logic: Developmental Perspectives ("A Theory of Deductive Reasoning" begins on p. 2) » Read Now
by Willis F. Overton. 332 pgs.

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...of the Temple University adolescent deductive reasoning research project: David, Anita, Gerry...xv A Theory of Deductive Reasoning 2 Deductive Reasoning and Logic 3 Logic...
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Training Overcomes Reasoning Schema Effects and Promotes Transfer, in The Psychological Record » Read Now
by Pamela I. Ansburg, Leeann Shields. 12 pgs.

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...Leeann Shields Why does deductive reasoning appear as a major section...applying domain-general rules of deductive reasoning, people tend to allow their...interact with the...
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Challenge and Response: Justification in Ethics (Chap. 1 "Deduction") » Read Now
by Carl Wellman. 300 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

...argument is valid. It is deductive reasoning that has been the traditional...thinking will leave the arena of deductive reasoning gladly. Nevertheless other...our ethical...
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The Teaching of Thinking ("Errors in Deductive Reasoning" begins on p. 111) » Read Now
by Raymond S. Nickerson, David N. Perkins, Edward E. Smith. 383 pgs.

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...REASONING 111 1. Errors in Deductive Reasoning 111 Nature of deductive reasoning 111 Using criteria...types of reasoning deficiencies. Deductive reasoning involves logical...
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Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society: August 1-4, 1998, University of Wisconsin-Madison ("Deductive Reasoning in Right-Brain Damaged" begins on p. 386) » Read Now
by Morton Ann Gernsbacher. 1286 pgs.

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...Accounts of Base Rate Effects in Human Categorization Lewis J. Frey and Douglas H. Fisher, Jr. 380 Deductive Reasoning in Right-Brain Damaged Giuliano C. Geminiani and...
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Cognitive Psychology and Artificial Intelligence: Theory and Research in Cognitive Science ("Deductive Reasoning" begins on p. 23) » Read Now
by Morton Wagman. 180 pgs.

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The nature of cognition is examined by the methods of experimental cognitive psychology and the theoretical models of computational psychology. This work presents a detailed interdisciplinary examination of significant commonalities and differences between human intelligence and intelligent systems...
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The nature of cognition is examined by the methods of experimental cognitive psychology and the theoretical models of computational psychology. This work presents a detailed interdisciplinary examination of significant commonalities and differences between human intelligence and intelligent systems, consequently enriching our perspectives on the nature of cognition.
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Deductive Inference, in Annual Review of Psychology » Read Now
by Rachel Joffe Falmagne, Joanna Gonsalves. 35 pgs.

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...syntactic approaches to training deductive reasoning. Cogn. Psychol. 18:293-328...and problem complexity in deductive reasoning. In Cognitive Biases, ed...The Psychology of...