What is Deductive Thinking?
Deductive thinking is the type of human thinking that is needed to understand and create and it is deployed last, at the age of 11 to 15 years of age. Comparing, and using induction and deduction, one can arrive to conclusions and results. Deductive thinking when is combined with action it can produce the greatest achievements. Although deductive thinking is a property of the humankind, the extent at which it will be developed for each individual, depends on the inputs of his/her environment and can be developed further with exercise. Deductive Reasoning is the type of reasoning which uses deductive arguments to move from given statements (premises), which are assumed to be true, to conclusions, which must be true if the premises are true. Deductive Reasoning has its bases on the mathematical theory of sets, although it was described many centuries later. The example of deductive reasoning, given by Aristotle, that • All men are mortal. (major premise) • Socrates is a man. (minor premi
