logical deduction
Reasoned conclusion process
Logical deduction is reasoning from general principles to specific conclusions.
If all mammals are warm-blooded and a whale is a mammal, you can deduce that a whale is warm-blooded.
The conclusion follows necessarily from the premises.
Deduction contrasts with induction, which moves from specific observations to general principles.
Through logical deduction, she determined the suspect must have entered through the back door.
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
- syllogismFormal deductive argument structure
- problem-solvingAddressing challenges methodically
- process of eliminationSolving by removing impossibilities
- connect the dotsNumbered-point tracing puzzle
sound argument · conclusion · contradiction · validity · logical fallacy · proof by contradiction · truth tables · first principles · Venn diagrams · consequent · reductio ad absurdum · computer science · antecedent · Sherlock Holmes · scientific method · logical proofs · tautology · theorem
- logicpremise, premises, conclusion, conclusions, inference
- inferenceinference, logical inference, entailment, syllogism, abduction
- evidenceevidence, evidence bag, circumstantial evidence, proof, admissible
- puzzles & codescryptogram, codes, puzzles, ciphers, anagrams
logical deductionintuition
Instinctive immediate understanding
guessing · gut feeling · instinct · wild guess · hunch
logical deductionfaith
Trust without proof
superstition · dogma · revelation · mystical insight · divine inspiration
logical deductioninduction
Formal admission process
inductive reasoning · abduction · abductive reasoning · pattern recognition