Assertion: argument | /r/HasProperty | deductive
Facets:
value: clearly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: If the arguer believes that the truth of the premises definitely establishes the truth of the conclusion, then the argument is deductive.
text: If it is the intention of the speaker that the evidence is of this sort, then the argument is deductive.
text: Therefore, this argument is still deductive.
text: Once it is explicit, the argument is clearly deductive.
text: Because it analyzes all arguments as instances of one well understood form of inference it eliminates the need to distinguish between arguments which are deductive, inductive, conductive, abductive, etc. -- a distinction which can be difficult to make in dealing with informal arguments which can be interpreted in different ways.
text: All other arguments are considered to be inductive (or just non-deductive), and these are meant to work because of the actual information in the premises so that if the premises are true the conclusion is not likely to be false.
text: An argument is deductive when the conclusion is necessary given the premises.