as in inferable
being or provable by reasoning in which the conclusion follows necessarily from given information
using deductive reasoning we must conclude that since everyone eventually dies, sooner or later it's going to be our turn
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The latter reinforced this perspective and produced a taste for informal models that were deductive and rigorous.
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Robert Art, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2013
Nevertheless, Shin steals most of his scenes, playing his role with a winning combination of deductive reasoning and righteous indignation.
—Simon Abrams, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Image: Capcom Completing Logic games is exceedingly easy, demanding none of the deductive puzzle-solving skills that make Ace Attorney games so enjoyable.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2024
The team then ask the model to refine the idea using chain-of-thought reasoning and self-reflection, two mechanisms that have recently helped to improve the output of large language models using deductive reasoning.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024
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Robert Art, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2013
Nevertheless, Shin steals most of his scenes, playing his role with a winning combination of deductive reasoning and righteous indignation.
—Simon Abrams, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
Image: Capcom Completing Logic games is exceedingly easy, demanding none of the deductive puzzle-solving skills that make Ace Attorney games so enjoyable.
—Ash Parrish, The Verge, 14 Sep. 2024
The team then ask the model to refine the idea using chain-of-thought reasoning and self-reflection, two mechanisms that have recently helped to improve the output of large language models using deductive reasoning.
—The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 13 Sep. 2024
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“Deductive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deductive. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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