Context of Deductive
Did the Egyptians know proofs or justifications of their procedures and formulas ? One belief is that the Ahmes papyrus was written in the style of a textbook for students of that day and hence, even though no general rules or principles for solving types of equations were formulated by Ahmes, it is very likely that he knew them but wanted the student to formulate them himself or have a teacher formulate them for him. Under this view the Ahmes papyrus is a rather advanced arithmetic text. Others say it is the notebook of a pupil. In either case, the papyri almost surely recorded the types of problems that had to be solved by business and administrative clerks, and the methods of solution were just practical rules known by experience to work. No one believes that the Egyptians had a deductive structure based on sound axioms that established the correctness of their rules.
Examples with Deductive
The research challenges the common belief that robots solely rely on either deductive planning or programmed reactions when facing a situation.
–Technology
Students should learn to use deductive and inductive thinking, not just rely on predetermined experiments with known results in science.
–Science
The way Mr. Moore obtained the information about the offer creates difficulty in distinguishing between sound deductive reasoning and potentially illegal trading practices.
–Business
Chess is an exercise in abstract, logical, and deductive reasoning.
–Sports
“The Vanishing Man,” the latest in the Lenox series, explores how Lenox, in his early years as a private investigator, refined his observational and deductive skills.
–Arts and Culture
