College Composition / Unit 30 CMP 0727 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Deductive Reasoning
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The idea
Deductive reasoning moves from general to specific: it begins with a premise, a general concept, and examines specifics that lead to a conclusion.
In practice
A writer who believes campus support for foreign students is inadequate checks clubs, language help and work-study, finds them missing, and concludes the support is lacking.
Where people slip
A deductive conclusion is only as sound as its premise.
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