TFYChapter 12---deductive reasoning ---how do I reason from premises?

Chapter 12---deductive reasoning ---how do I reason from premises?
1. Deductive reasoning is the process of starting with one or more statements called premised and investing what conclusions necessarily follow from these premises.
2. Deduction is the subject of formal logic, whose main concern is with creating forms that demonstrate reasoning
3. Logic has its own technical vocabulary
4. The standardized language of syllogisms allows a reduction of everyday language into verbal equations.
5. Syllogisms allow logicians to determine what is being said, to identify hidden premises, and to find out if the argument makes sense.
6. Deductive and inductive reasoning are not isolated pursuits but are mentally interwoven both in major and mundane problem solving
7. It is possible to infer the rules of valid and invalid resigning from the study of models.