Word: deductionism
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One deduction is fairly obvious and gives an answer. Mayor Hylan is the friend of the people, the people's choice. He lunches with the Street, hobnobs with Washington Square, nods to Fifth Avenue, and chucks the Bowery under the chin. He is a "man so various that he seemed...
Certain of these practices can be corrected by legislation. Evasion by exchange of securities has already been prevented for the future by amendment of Section 202 of the Revenue Act of 1921 at the last session of Congress. Legislation preventing undue reduction of net income by deduction of losses is...
Whatever reason there may be for the criticism of Dr. Doyle's argument, however, there seems no occasion for surprise that his logic is not always perfect. The author of Sherlock Holmes may or may not be right about the spirit world, but it is hard to understand why he...
As the author of the "Father Brown" detective tales recently pointed out with a good deal of cogency, the methods of deduction employed by the famous Holmes are more effective within the covers of a work of fiction than in actual life. The real detective, however shrewd a ratiocinator, rarely...
"Cape Cod was so called," said Mr. Lincoln, "because of a vow by the discoverer of it that he would name the place with the name of the first fish he caught off its coasts. It's rather lucky for the inhabitants, by the way, that he didn't catch...