Episode 23: Hey Sherlock, Why Is Deductive Reasoning So Difficult?

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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:

https://medium.com/@daniellekkincaid/the-sherlock-holmes-conundrum-or-the-difference-between-deductive-and-inductive-reasoning-ec1eb2686112

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:

https://www.studycountry.com/guide/JP-language.htm#:~:text=Ethnically%2C%20culturally%20and%20linguistically%2C%20Japan,Japanese%20as%20their%20first%20language.

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:

https://parade.com/970343/parade/logic-puzzle