The decision processes of deductive inference

• Published in: Advanced Science Letters
• Main Author: Rahman S.A.; Haron H.; Nordin S.; Bakar A.A.; Rahmad F.; Amin Z.M.; Seman M.R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Scientific Publishers 2017
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85013149437&doi=10.1166%2fasl.2017.7245&partnerID=40&md5=2f4d461df48a73593a7f128a8ed6932c

A vast number of problem solving frameworks have been established in the realms of management, business, mathematics, healthcare, aerospace, law and etcetera towards facilitating effective decision making in normative form in particular. It was learnt that those problem solving frameworks are originated mainly from practical exercises of practitioners and/or improvement/revision of an earlier frameworks. Against this bottom-up approach in the establishment of problem solving frameworks, this paper continues promoting the establishment of a problem solving framework following top-down approach by synthesizing the deductive inference i.e., the second inference process of Pragmatism’s scientific method. The synthesis has resulted in the identification of the decision sub-processes of Pragmatism’s deductive inference namely analysis and demonstration. This paper posits that these two decision processes are aligned with both the key and strategies of the decision processes of the renowned problem solving frameworks in practice in management, business, mathematics, healthcare and law and hence, the decision processes of deductive inference in particular and Pragmatism’s philosophical method in general is an alternative for decision making processes and problem solving frameworks following the top-down approach. © 2017 American Scientific Publishers All rights reserved.