Demonstration (teaching)

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Demonstration is one way to define certain words and actions. The simple act of pointing to an object, area, or place, like the sun, moon, or a large mountain top, and then naming and defining it allows humans to interact, plan, and co-ordinate in ways that allow us to build cities, large buildings, technology, gain knowledge and to successfully communicate with computers. Basic propositions about time, space, and mathematics are first required to teach about true and probable statements or words that accurately describe nature, planets, species, and the world around us.

The history of demonstrative definitions goes back to the careful observations of ancient Greek philosophers and natural philosophy. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle attempted to carefully define words that included natural phenomena and objects. The modern scientific method often uses demonstrative definitions that carefully describe certain processes and parts of nature in great detail.