deductive
adjectives
relating to logical deduction
"deductive reasoning"
involving inferences from general principles
is similar to
resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
"an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning"
is similar to
of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion
see also
of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
"`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"
see also
involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact
"an a priori judgment"
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