LOOKING FOR CLUES DEDUCTIVE REASONING

DEDUCTIVE LOGIC “The process of reasoning from one or more general statements (premises) to reach a logically certain conclusion” In other words… Use only the facts to guide you to a conclusion

IN MINE SWEEPER The facts or premises are the numbers the conclusion is where the mines are. Fact 1 Fact 2 Conclusion

THE FACTS GUIDE YOU TO THE CONCLUSION Fact 1 Fact 2 + Conclusion By putting the clues together you come to a conclusion. Much like a detective coming onto a crime scene.

IS SHE A WITCH? Watch: Facts: 1.We Burn Witches 2.We Burn Wood. Conclusion 1: “Witches are made of wood” 3. Wood Floats in Water 4. Ducks also float in water. Conclusion 2: Using conclusion 1 and facts 3 and 4 we conclude that she is a witch.

WARNING Your conclusions are only as good as your premises or facts. If you start with false premises your argument is meaningless. What implications does this have on how we think about real life?

IN CONCLUSION 1.You are using deductive reason when you are working towards a conclusion from a series of facts. (like a detective looking at clues) 2.Your conclusions are only as good as your facts! This is easy in Minesweeper since the facts are indisputable.

WHAT’S NEXT? Inductive Reasoning: Starting from a set of possible conclusions and use the process of elimination until there is only one possible conclusion left.

YOUR ASSIGNMENT Beat a level of mine sweeper that you have not beat previously.