Assertion: deduction | /r/CapableOf | contrast bottom-up logic
Facets:
value: with inductive reasoning
type: OTHER
value: in the following way
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Deductive reasoning ("top-down logic") contrasts with inductive reasoning ("bottom-up logic") in the following way; in deductive reasoning, a conclusion is reached reductively by applying general rules which hold over the entirety of a closed domain of discourse, narrowing the range under consideration until only the conclusion(s) is left (there is no epistemic uncertainty; i.e. unrecognized parts of the currently available set; all parts of the currently available set are available and recognized).