deductive
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- adjective
- /dɪˈdʌktɪv/
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deductivo
- As an added bonus, gifted students receive practice in both inductive and deductive thinking skills.
- deductive reasoning
- deductive approach
- deductive logic
It's it's not a reasoned, deductive scientific conclusion.
- It's it's not a reasoned, deductive scientific conclusion.
- Do do you think that if naturalism were true, we could trust deductive arguments?
- He could have added one other thing, logic logic, so long as it's deductive logic.
- They're not simply deductive arguments and they're not simply inductive either.
- So we're not just doing, you know, arguments in a purely deductive way, nor are we just doing inductive work.
- And I think it's so important to learn the deductive reasoning skills.
- You know, in a small tangent, you've talked about the value of thinking of deductive reasoning in science versus large data collection.
- Mathematicians care about deductive reasoning, and physicists or physics in general, we care less about that.
- and we use our imagination and our deductive reasoning. I want this or that, not this. Not that. Pretty easy, right?
Examples
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In unstructured or complex situations, the use of circumstantial evidence and deductive reasoning may be necessary.
Academic text (1996) -
Well, it teaches us simple deductive reasoning.
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For other types of positive law, however, such a "deductive" approach is not possible.
Academic text (2008) -
At the time, I also shared this vision of international relations as a deductive science.
Academic text (1990) -
It's an advanced form of deductive reasoning.
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It's based on deductive reasoning from first principles.
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Let's apply a little deductive reasoning.
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What ties them together is the use of deductive reasoning to find the answers to questions.
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By contrast, in classical natural law, guiding principles are applied by a deductive use of logical inference.
Academic text (1993) -
The detective used deductive reasoning to solve the complex case.
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Etymology
The word deductive comes from Latin parts de- ('down') and ducere ('to lead'), the same root you see in conduct. So deductive thinking 'leads down' from a general idea to a specific conclusion.