With which of the following can deductive inference be identified?

Deductive inference is identified with the analytic, since its conclusion unfolds what the premises already contain.

The conclusion adds no new factual content beyond the meaning of the premises.

Because the truth of the premises necessitates the truth of the conclusion, the link is one of logical containment.

Synthetic reasoning, by contrast, adds fresh empirical content and marks induction.

Deduction is therefore analytic and truth-preserving rather than content-expanding.