Essays on Deductive Reasoning

Scientific Paradigm and its Role in a Scientific Revolution

The scientific paradigm is the standardized and acceptable structure that provides a way to model problems and draw solutions to the scientists and other researchers. Paradigm provides guidelines to field members for their understanding to tackle the problem. The role of scientific paradigm in a scientific revolution is that it provides a successive transition from one paradigm to another that helps to develop a pattern of mature science. It also helps the scientific community bound their discipline to carry out research on any subject matter.

Deductive Reasoning vs. Inductive Reasoning

Scientists use multiple methods to understand and solve a problem. Inductive reasoning is one ...

An example of something that was counter-intuitive

Some countries try to stimulate their economies by increasing the money supply. When people have a lot of money, you would expect them not to be poor since they can buy whatever they desire. Economists have tried to explain what happens in most countries where such policies are implemented. In most cases, it is found that people tend to become poorer despite the availability of money. The common intuition is that the economy will get stimulated, but economists describe this as a country being in a liquidity trap. People demand more than what is the productive capacity of their ...

Introduction

Euthanasia has always been a moral issue because it is situated on the boundary between religion and science. According to the Bible and the clergy, people must not intervene with God as He is the only rightful one to take away the lives of the people. They also imposed that people should believe in miracle, and who knows when a people in near-death might be saved (Lasley). However, reality still struck most of the time. As an observer, or as a relative, is it right to let the hopelessly sick person to continue his suffering against an incurable disease? ...

The given statement of opinion, that appeared in newspaper call-in column portrays complete breakdown of logic. It is strewn with fallacious arguments, some of which cannot stand the test of deductive reasoning at all. To be able to identify such fallacies, it is imperative that we have a clear picture of what deductive reasoning entails as well as what fallacious arguments or statements really are (Vincent 2005). Zearfsky and David (2002) say that deductive reasoning is the type of reasoning that subjects deductive arguments to an evaluation process in order to draw conclusions. Sets of hypotheses are evaluated to ...

Hsun Tzu in his essay “Man’s nature is evil” tries to employ various strategies so as to convince the reader that human nature is truly wicked. He believes that the natural desires of a man are evil and if somebody follows his nature, he must be evil. This is a deductive reasoning that does not convince the reader since there are those who follow their nature and yet are still good. He says “Anyone who follows his nature must be involved in bickering and contention, and must disobey the societal rules and forms, and must be a criminal." Tzu uses various ...