Think It Through: the Clearer Thinking Podcast Episode 23: Hey Sherlock, Why Is Deductive Reasoning So Difficult?
In this episode, April can't decide whether to pronounce "deductive" as "DEE-duk-tiv" or "de-DUK-tive," so she just switches back and forth between them to see if anyone notices.
Episode 23 Show Notes:
Why Sherlock Holmes is more an inductive than a deductive kind of guy:
http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/5306/1/Holmes.pdf
Some good basic information about deductive reasoning:
https://www.criticalthinking.com/articles/induction-vs.-deduction
http://www2.fairmontstate.edu/users/ffidura/cogpsy/cpthnkng.html
https://www.livescience.com/21569-deduction-vs-induction.html
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/deductive-reasoning-examples.html
Jesse Martin’s LinkedIn blogpost about the importance of deductive reasoning:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/science-learning-deductive-reasoning-jesse-martin
My evidence (for the example syllogism) that Japanese has a homogeneous population and everyone there speaks Japanese:
My support for the claim (in my other example) that not all people who are in favor of public health options are socialists:
https://morningconsult.com/2021/03/24/medicare-for-all-public-option-polling/
Job websites recognize the necessity for good deductive reasoning skills in the workplace:
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/improve-deductive-reasoning-skills
https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/deductive-skills
https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/guide/deductive-reasoning/
The research that shows most of us can do deductive reasoning:
https://digest.bps.org.uk/2008/12/11/sudoku-puzzles-show-were-all-capable-of-deductive-reasoning/
What’s going on in your brain when you do puzzles? Read these:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/brain-workout/200904/puzzles-and-the-brain
https://www.rd.com/article/what-happens-to-your-brain-when-do-a-puzzle/
Some fun/frustrating logic puzzles: