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Also Known As	deductive inference • deductive reasoning

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Painting by Joos van Ghent and Pedro Berruguete depicting Aristotle in a pink robe and green turban, gesturing with one hand and holding a book, with a classical interior background.

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Transcendental argument Logic Reason Inference Analogy Predication Quantification anumana Induction History of logic Formal logic Applied logic Metalogic Modern logic

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John Neville Keynes

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