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- deduction
- A line of reasoning from the general to the specific.
- induction
- A line of reasoning from the specific to the general.
- tautology
- A sentence which only makes one factual claim in several different ways, also known as one way to "state the obvious". For example:
- "This bachelor is not married."
- "They fatally died."
- "This tautology is circular."
- "A is A"