The Importance of Deductive Reasoning Kelly Douglas CRT/205 Alicia Mandolini October 7‚ 2012 We make decisions each and every day; everything we say and do is the result of a decision. For every choice‚ big or small‚ there is no easy formula for making the right decision. The best an individual can do is to approach it from as many perspectives as possible and then choose a course of action that is reasonable and balanced at that time. It is important to understand what is known prior
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Lindsey Lane October 21‚ 2012 The Importance of Deductive Reasoning Critical Thinking Kevin White It is important to understand what is known prior to making a decision because the decision could be either wrong or right. Making decisions at times can be a hard thing to do. There are many pros and cons for decision making. In argument five To Cheat or Not to Cheat Jenna has a big decision to make. She has to decide whether or not she wants to continue her class by being honest or to
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Outlines steps: Formulate idea into topic sentences Identify the major details to explain the topic sentence: Roman numerals for the first level of ideas Identify the minor supporting details under each major detail; use capital letters for the second level of ideas if more details are to be included‚ use Arabic numerals for the third level and small letters for the fourth level of ideas EXAMPLE Topic Sentence I. First major supporting detail A. First minor ssupporting detail B. Second
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Deductive Reasoning 1.The ancient Greeks used Deductive reasoning to solve many things. They learned theses things form the Egyptians and the Babylonians. They learned how to solve geometric constructions like circles‚ squares‚ and pyramids‚ they also learned how to determine they lengths of objects from the Babylonians by using Pythagorean theorem. Building upon what they learned from the Egyptians and Babylonians they found fundamental truths in geometry‚ and from these truths they mad propositions
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Naturalistic Approach Introduction Naturalistic qualitative enquiry expresses one’s view as to the nature of “reality”. It is the view that the real world is a dynamic system where in all parts are so interrelated that one part inevitably influences the other parts. To understand the real world‚ the parts cannot be seperated bit by bit‚ but the parts must be examined in the conext of the world. It is essentially a phenomenological view as differentiated from a logical-positivistic view of the
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The hypothetico-deductive model or method is a proposed description of scientific method. According to it‚ scientific inquiry proceeds by formulating a hypothesis in a form that could conceivably be falsified by a test on observable data. A test that could and does run contrary to predictions of the hypothesis is taken as a falsification of the hypothesis. A test that could but does not run contrary to the hypothesis corroborates the theory. It is then proposed to compare the explanatory value of
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Philosophy Homework 15/09/2011 Deductive Arguments: A deductive argument isn’t necessarily valid‚ it could be invalid. It also isn’t necessarily sound – it could be unsound. If the argument is valid and the premises are true then overall the argument is sound. You will always gain knowledge with a deductive argument. The first premise will link with the second premise in order to make a conclusion. Deductive arguments aren’t based on assumptions. Inductive Arguments: The premises are all true
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cognizant of his or her surroundings while shopping at local malls. Premise 2: Three local malls in San Antonio had incidents in the past two days. Conclusion: Therefore‚ people need to be vigilant while shopping at local malls in San Antonio. The deductive argument is true since premise 1 states people should be cognizant of his or her surroundings while shopping at malls. This argument is a valid statement. The San Antonio Police Department asks that people be cautious while shopping and also to
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Inductive and Deductive Reasoning A valid argument is made to address a specific problem by offering a position and proving reasons to support that position. A valid argument is based on two key components‚ one or more premise and conclusion. A premise is fact and/or opinion and must be proven to be true or false. And a conclusion is the final statement of the position one is taking on an issue or question. In deductive reasoning‚ if the fact is true the conclusion must be true because the conclusion
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3.2 Research Approach Research is a systematic investigation that is used to seek answers to questions‚ while the methodology is a system of rules that are explicit and built on which the survey is based and against which knowledge claims are generally valued (Nachamias et al.‚ 1996). The research is performed on the basis of the theory that was extracted from the study of the deep literature and helps to interpret and collect the data. The theory serves as a basis to conduct the research. A research
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