natural deduction

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noun

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 stageCompare axiomatic (def. 3)

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How to use natural deduction in a sentence

Having once granted this, the natural deduction followed that if a girl was fit to rule at eighteen, a boy was fit to rule sooner.
South America|W. H. Koebel
Keen Nora noted the signs, drew a very natural deduction, and shaped her tactics accordingly.
Trevlyn Hold|Mrs. Henry Wood
This was, indeed, the most natural deduction for Nick to arrive at, after considering all the circumstances.
With Links of Steel|Nicholas Carter
The natural deduction from this is that the main settlement of the Antiphoner of the Mass fell within the same period.
St. Gregory and the Gregorian Music|E. G. P. Wyatt

No, sir; and, also based on the natural deduction because I adore mystery stories and it just doesn't make any sense.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy