What Is the Deductive Method?

The deductive method sets out from the general and proceeds to the particular. Deduction begins with the general rule and to a certain extent forces the particular or individual case to comply with it. When we think about man and the problematic impact of his presence in the world, we realize that no method can be absolutized. Induction and deduction complement each other and blaze the trail for reduction, which figures prominently in phenomenological thinking.