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natural deduction

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noun

  1. a system of formal logic that has no axioms but permits the assumption of premises of an argument. Such a system uses sequents to record which assumptions are operative at any stage Compare axiomatic

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What seemed like a natural deduction in the West -- behaving like a group must mean a suppression of the self -- was a leap in logic in Japan.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2011

A natural deduction from this was that one person or few persons must own many times 40 shares to bring the average up.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then the natural deduction is that he has learned to apply new ways and methods, by and through which he can produce surer and more beautiful results than could his predecessor in his profession.

From Seed Thoughts for Singers by Tubbs, Frank Herbert

The natural deduction was therefore that she had been taken in some other direction.

From Tarzan the Terrible by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

The natural deduction from this is that the main settlement of the Antiphoner of the Mass fell within the same period.

From St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music by Wyatt, E. G. P.

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