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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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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Mill ’s Inductive reasoning Method of Agreement Mill ’s method of agreement identifies a cause of an event in terms of its sufficient condition. When using this method‚ one searches for a single factor that is common to multiple situations in which the same event occurred. Mill says that‚ when two or more occurrences of the event under investigation have only one condition in common‚ then that condition is the cause of the event. (Mill‚ 2002) More simply stated‚ Mill ’s method of agreement
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Republic of the Philippines Davao Del Norte State College INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION Laboratory School LESSON DESIGN IN MATHEMATICS III Quarter: Fourth quarter Year & Section: III- Libra and Gemini Topic: Deductive Reasoning Date: March 8‚ 2013 SY: 2012-2013 Time Frame: 10:00-11:00 am and 2:00-3:00 pm Cooperating Teacher: Ms. Cherry Ann Nicolas Preparatory Activities: |Teacher’s Activity |Student’s Activity
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Deductive vs Inductive Reasoning/Writing Deductive Reasoning This is what you were taught by Mrs. Brown in your high school English class. You probably were asked to do this quite a bit in your history and civics classes as well. In most cases‚ you were taught to come up with a point that you intend to make‚ and to put it into one sentence called the thesis statement. You would then come up with three more sentences that would support your thesis statement with three specific points. With these
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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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