Method of deduction and observation

It is unlikely that there is in our time a person who has not seen films about Sherlock Holmes or read books about how he cleverly and quickly unravels the most complex incidents. Attention to detail and the method of deduction - this is the main secret of the success of this famous detective. Of course, the way the popular hero A. Conan Doyle builds his conclusions is a real talent and rare skill. Not everyone of us can demonstrate the deductive method of Sherlock Holmes in action and the ability to notice all the details. However, these qualities can be developed independently. Everything depends on the strength of desire.

Development of observance

With the observation of questions, no one arises - this useful ability to notice little things is quite possible to develop for any person. It is proved that you can train this quality at any age. Even Leonardo da Vinci recommended not to look at the world for nothing, but to reproduce everything seen with his mind's eye. K. Paustovsky advised, at a glance, to keep in mind the idea that everything he saw would have to be described with colors. The simplest exercise - "Breath observation" - is available to everyone: you need to select an object, carefully consider it when you breathe in, and when you exhale, close your eyes and imagine it in your mind, while trying to remember the maximum number of details.

Development of deductive thinking

Let's first understand what it is. The method of deduction is such a method of logical thinking, which is based on the construction of particular conclusions from existing general provisions. In other words, it consists in the movement of thought from the general to the individual. The method of deduction has its own clear rules, once proposed and substantiated by the mathematician R. Descartes. There are only four of them, so it will be easy to remember:

1. To accept for truth everything that is clearly and clearly perceived does not give any grounds for doubt.
2. Any complex thing should be divided into basic components in order to obtain the original particles of knowledge.
3. Knowledge by thought must occur in the form of following from elementary, simplest and most understandable things to more complex and difficult to understand.
4. During all these operations, take into account the completeness of the conclusions (for this you can use the list and classification).

You can develop the method of deduction in various ways. Those who like to understand everything in detail, can easily find an appropriate manual or textbook, with the help of which to practice solving problems. A good option is to spend time with a person with a well-developed logical thinking, communication with which would help build the right conclusions. You can watch someone from your friends' acquaintances, about whom nothing was known, and then in a conversation with a friend to check their conclusions about the person: how many years, what he does, where he lives, etc. Yes, and watching the expression and the clothes of your friends can say a lot.

How else to improve the applied method of deduction

Give preference to detectives. Solve crosswords, puzzles. Try in any problem to find not one, but several solutions, and then, sequentially analyzing each, choose the best from them. In the deductive method, it is important not only to notice small things, but also to be able to generalize the available information. Therefore, learn from the individual facts in your mind to collect the whole picture. Sooner or later, amazing results will appear. The main thing is to set a goal and clearly follow the plan.