deductive reasoning
noun1
Inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true.
- ⁴⁴As a hunter traces the location of an animal by the trail of blood, so a king should trace the location of justice by deductive reasoning.2004, Patrick Olivelle, transl., The Law Code of Manu (Oxford World's Classics), New York: Oxford University Press, published 2009, →ISBN, page 126:
2
Inference in which the conclusion is of no greater generality than the premises.
- Antonyms
- inductive reasoning