Natural Deduction in Higher Education

Document Type : Academic research papers

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Faculty of Women for Arts, Science and Education, Ain Shams University -Egypt

Abstract

This study aims to address the applications of natural deduction in higher education, as these applications highlight the relationship between natural deduction and human thinking, as well as its relationship to non-formal argumentation and critical thinking in general, within the framework of the use of natural deduction Technique in higher education, and the knowing of its impact on students in their scientific and professional studies, after graduating in the context of building professional competencies for society in particular. Based on the systematic role played by natural deduction; its rules are the closest procedure humans use while thinking; we can find it in many of the arguments we make in all of our activities. Moreover, its rules have an aspect of non-formal methodology and critical thinking, which are used to define, analyze and justify the structure of arguments. Hence, this study based on several main elements: the first element is defining the concept of natural deduction and its characteristics, while the second element consists in highlighting natural deduction as a practical system that supports actual proof, while the third element is embodied in clarifying the relationship between natural deduction and human thinking. As for the fourth element, it presents the application of the technique of natural deduction to students in higher education, which shows the framework of the relationship between it and the non-formal pilgrims and critical thinking. Then the study is followed by conclusion that includes most important results, and ends with a list of sources and references.

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