Deductive
in example sentence
Deductive inference enables us to predict effects if we know the principles (the rule) and the cause.
More example sentences with word deductive
However, in 1809, David Ricardo muddied the waters by arguing that the science of economics should use a different,
deductive
method.
The problem was that an influential group at Oxford began arguing that because it worked so well in economics, this
deductive
method ought to be applied to the natural sciences too.
The method that most of us were taught in school, we can call it the textbook method, is the hypothetical
deductive
method.
A lot of science isn't
deductive
at all, it's actually inductive.
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