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'''Deductive reasoning''' is is type of reasoning in which a particular fact is deduced by applying a general law to another particular fact or case.<ref name="Signature">{{Cite book
| author = Meyer, Stephen C.
| title = Signature in the Cell
| publisher = HarperOne
| location= New York
| year= 2008
| isbn = 978-0-06-147279-2
| pages = 153
| url=http://books.google.no/books?id=RUGKBdKawDUC&dq=signature+in+the+cell&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k4o9T-HHFaSF4gTYqpSSCA&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ
| quote= }}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==See also==
*[[Abductive reasoning]]
*[[Inductive reasoning]]
[[Category:Philosophy of science]]