Sentence examples for the deductive from inspiring English sources

This establishes that the deductive system is rich enough to provide a deduction for every valid argument.

This brings us back to the deductive, geometrical structure of the Ethics.

That's a fair sample of the deductive logic on display in Ian Smith's first novel.

It also set into motion the deductive reasoning process that is at the heart of epidemiology.

"There's the deductive, where rote repetition is required to have learning, which almost all programs emulate," he said.

The deductive, quasi-mathematical structure of Spinoza's argument makes the Ethics rather daunting to first-time readers.

If you have that, then you can go the deductive route, but it's very difficult to go the other way.

The deductive sciences, in the empiricists' view, cannot produce justified beliefs, much less knowledge, about the world.

The sociological approach adds an inferential layer of analysis, mimicking the deductive powers of a human Sherlock Holmes.

It didn't take the deductive powers of a Philip Marlowe to call the toll-free number on the side of the package.

Of all the philosophers he discusses, his favorite seems to be Hume, who went furthest in rejecting the deductive, geometrical ideal in philosophy.