Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / November 13, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Dec. 2008
The term deduction is applied in two specific and well-differentiated contexts. On the one hand and in the field ofphilosophy and the logic, a deduction is a conclusion or inference which is reached thanks to the implementation of a method of reasoning which will start from general concepts or universal principles to reach the particular conclusions mentioned above.
What a deduction or also known as deductive logical method implies, is that the conclusion is implicit in the premises, this This means that if we exclusively follow those that state the premises, we will undoubtedly reach the conclusion of the question that we occupy.
This method of reasoning from the most general to the particular was first put into practice in the antiquity, more precisely in ancient Greece by various philosophers, among them and one of the most prominent was Aristotle.
The main app of the deduction is done through the extrapolation method which is a scientific method and logical that supposes that the course of events will continue in the future, constituting as the rules of which will start to reach a new conclusion, that is, they are extrapolated and serve us in a new situation.
Because this method is widely used to search for the solution to a problem and also in the teaching of pedagogy, has become a fundamental tool in professional practice and in the field of education. For example, in a context of learning, for a medical student who must learn the organs, their functions, dysfunctions, interactions and symptoms, among others, then those rules that you learned can be extrapolated and put at the service of the knowledge of the human body as a whole.
In both and on the other hand, a deduction in an economic context, refers to the discount or reduction that can be applied on the price of a product or service that is marketed or on the salary of a worker If it is that he did not satisfactorily fulfill his work duty or because his employer for some reason other than his performance decided to cut him on his salary.
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