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Definition of Reasoning
1. Noun. Thinking that is coherent and logical.
Generic synonyms: Cerebration, Intellection, Mentation, Thinking, Thought, Thought Process
Specialized synonyms: Analysis, Analytic Thinking, Argument, Argumentation, Line, Line Of Reasoning, Logical Argument, Conjecture, Deduction, Deductive Reasoning, Synthesis, Illation, Inference, Anticipation, Prediction, Prevision, Ratiocination, Reasoning Backward, Regress, Synthesis, Synthetic Thinking
Derivative terms: Reason
2. Adjective. Endowed with the capacity to reason.
Definition of Reasoning
1. n. The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons.
Definition of Reasoning
1. Noun. Action of the verb ''to reason''. ¹
2. Noun. The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises; abstract thought; ratiocination. ¹
3. Verb. (present participle of reason) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reasoning
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reasoning
Literary usage of Reasoning
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1907)
"An examination of the treatment of reasoning by most psychological writers ...
For many centuries the syllogism was regarded as the only form of reasoning. ..."
2. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1890)
"In reasoning, A may suggest B ; but B, instead of being an idea which is simply
obeyed by us, is an idea which suggests the distinct additional idea C. And ..."
3. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1902)
"IN Reasoning, WE PICK OUT ESSENTIAL QUALITIES. The chief of these purposes is
predication, a theoretic function which, though it always leads eventually to ..."
4. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1890)
"IN Reasoning, WE PICK OUT ESSENTIAL QUALITIES, The chief of these purposes is
predication, a theoretic function which, though it always leads eventually to ..."
5. The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind by Gustave Le Bon (1896)
"The reasoning power of crowds. Crowds are not to be influenced by ... reasoning of
crowds is always of a very inferior order —There is only the appearance ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Reasoning does not go on in a vacuum, nor is it a separate and distinct function
of mind that in some mysterious way spins truth out of itself. ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"It follows from what has been said that reasoning is not a process or function
of mind that can go on apart from experience. The thinkers of the modern ..."
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