Demonstration (teaching)

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Demonstration is one way to define certain kinds of words. Demonstration is 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. Basic definitions of words through demonstration, or pointing, allows humans to communicate, interact, plan, and co-ordinate in ways that help 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 universal qualities and quantities about 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.