deductively
From premises concluded
Deductively describes reasoning that moves from general principles to specific conclusions.
If all mammals are warm-blooded and a whale is a mammal, you can deductively conclude that a whale is warm-blooded.
The opposite approach—inductively—builds general principles from specific observations.
The detective reasoned deductively from the evidence.
Drawing logical conclusions
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- syllogismFormal deductive argument structure
- premisesProperty with buildings
- conclusionEnd or deduction
logically · axiomatically · rationally · systematically · analytically · theoretically · formally · rigorously
Iconic Victorian-era investigator
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- cluesHints toward answers
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
sleuthing · case · solving · piecing · elimination · suspects · forensic · unraveling
Testable proposed explanation
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- predictionForecast of coming events
- falsifiableCapable of being disproven
- empiricallyThrough direct observation
testing · verification · theory · observation · methodology · controlled · replicable · systematically
reasoning
Drawing logical conclusions
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- syllogismFormal deductive argument structure
- premisesProperty with buildings
conclusion · logically · axiomatically · rationally · systematically · analytically · theoretically · formally · rigorously · methodically
Sherlock
Iconic Victorian-era investigator
mystery · sleuthing · case · solving · piecing · elimination · suspects · forensic · unraveling · methodically
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
- predictionForecast of coming events
- falsifiableCapable of being disproven
empirically · testing · verification · theory · observation · methodology · controlled · replicable · systematically · analytically
deductivelyinductively
By inferring from instances
empirically · experimentally · bottom-up · observationally · synthetically
deductivelyintuitively
By innate understanding
probabilistically · conjecturally · speculatively · hypothetically · tentatively
deductivelyintuitively
By innate understanding
instinctively · heuristically · randomly · unreasoningly · irrationally
- deductive reasoningDeriving specifics from generalities
- deductive logicReasoning from premises to necessary conclusions