deductive reasoning

English

Noun

deductive reasoning

Inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true.
- 2004, Patrick Olivelle, transl., The Law Code of Manu (Oxford World's Classics), 2009 edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 126:
  ⁴⁴As a hunter traces the location of an animal by the trail of blood, so a king should trace the location of justice by deductive reasoning.
Inference in which the conclusion is of no greater generality than the premises.

Antonyms

inductive reasoning

Translations

inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true

inference in which the conclusion is of no greater generality than the premises

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Italian: ^{(please verify)} ragionamento deduttivo m

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