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Deductive Reasoning



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   Read More...

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


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    Deductive Inference, in Annual Review of Psychology
    by Rachel Joffe Falmagne, Joanna Gonsalves. 35 pgs.


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