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• a  relating to logical deduction
  deductive reasoning
• a  involving inferences from general principles

• Instead, the Americans argued their case publicly with deductive reasoning: the copper slugs used in EFPs had to be precisely tooled with a heavy press in order to work properly .
• Since his debut 120 years ago, the gaunt gentleman with the curved pipe and a taste for cocaine, the master of deductive reasoning and elaborate disguise, has left his mark .
• Seeing that halo was Fleming's "Eureka" moment, an instant of great personal insight and deductive reasoning.

• inductive

News & Articles

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• Review: 'Sherlock Through the Looking Glass' tests sanity
  As a spate of spontaneous serial psychosis grips Victorian-era London, a theatrical classic lit mash-up pits the deductive reasoning of the world’s most famous fictional detective against the nonsensical conundrums of a fictionalized Lewis Carroll in “Sherlock Through the Looking Glass,” from North Hollywood’s Porters of Hellsgate. Despite a premise with intriguing possibilities, the play’s ...
  Aug. 20, 2013 - Los Angeles Times

Quotes

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• Michael Imperioli in New York Times
  There's an intelligence that goes with being a good cop,Mr. Imperioli said of why he likes the role. "Intuitiveness: they have to be actors, they have to have deductive reasoning, knowledge about a great deal of subjects."
• Lester Dent in 411mania.com
  Original pulp writer Lester Dent described Savage as "a mix of Sherlock Holmes' deductive abilities, Tarzan's outstanding physical abilities, Craig Kennedy's scientific education, and Abraham Lincoln's goodness."
• CJ Wilson in MLB.com
  I don't like talking about my health issues in the media,Wilson said. "I'm going out there the best I can. Some of you have seen me at 100 percent, some of you have seen me at less than 100 percent. Use your deductive reasoning. Sometimes...