deductive reasoning en · NOUN
Meanings
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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.
2004, Patrick Olivelle, transl., The Law Code of Manu (Oxford World's Classics), New York: Oxford University Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 126:
- Inference in which the conclusion is of no greater generality than the premises.
Antonyms
Translations (7)
pl rozumowanie dedukcyjne (inference in which the conclusion is of no greater generality than the premises) · ko 연역적 추론 (inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true) · is afleiðsla (inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true) · pl rozumowanie dedukcyjne (inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true) · es razonamiento deductivo (inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true) · ca raonament deductiu (inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true) · de Deduktion (inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true)