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deductive reasoning

noun

Definitions

  1. Inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true.

    • 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.

  2. Inference in which the conclusion is of no greater generality than the premises.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for deductive reasoning. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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