Definition of reasoning

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Reasoning (n.) That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument.

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Sentiment :: Sentiment (a.) Hence, generally, a decision of the mind formed by deliberation or reasoning; thought; opinion; notion; judgment; as, to express one's sentiments on a subject..
Logical :: Logical (a.) Skilled in logic; versed in the art of thinking and reasoning; as, he is a logical thinker..
Position :: Position (n.) Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle laid down as the basis of reasoning; a proposition; a thesis; as, to define one's position; to appear in a false position..
Inductive :: Inductive (a.) Leading to inferences; proceeding by, derived from, or using, induction; as, inductive reasoning..
Discoursive :: Discoursive (a.) Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive.
Conclusion :: Conclusion (n.) Any inference or result of reasoning.
Deictic :: Deictic (a.) Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative..
Sense :: Sense (v. t.) Sound perception and reasoning; correct judgment; good mental capacity; understanding; also, that which is sound, true, or reasonable; rational meaning..
Stultify :: Stultify (v. t.) To make foolish; to make a fool of; as, to stultify one by imposition; to stultify one's self by silly reasoning or conduct..
Outreason :: Outreason (v. t.) To excel or surpass in reasoning; to reason better than.
Paralogy :: Paralogy (n.) False reasoning; paralogism.
Conclude :: Conclude (v. t.) To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause..
Demonstration :: Demonstration (n.) A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definitions, axioms, and previously established propositions..
Discursory :: Discursory (a.) Argumentative; discursive; reasoning.
Emphatical :: Emphatical (a.) Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning..
Casuistry :: Casuistry (a.) Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals..
Inversion :: Inversion (n.) A method of reasoning in which the orator shows that arguments advanced by his adversary in opposition to him are really favorable to his cause.
Sophistry :: Sophistry (n.) The practice of a sophist; fallacious reasoning; reasoning sound in appearance only.
Discursive :: Discursive (a.) Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative..
A Priori :: A priori () Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effects from causes previously known; deductive or deductively. The reverse of a posteriori..
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