Deductive reasoning makes set of rules and known facts to deduce further knowledge. For example, if you know that grass is green and a field is full of grass, you may deduce that a field will be green. Deductive reasoning is usually limited to what is definitely known, as opposed to other forms of reasoning, such as abduction, which may reason from incomplete knowledege.
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Also known as deduction, deductive