Reasoning
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Reasoning is the mental/cognitive process of looking for reasons to support beliefs, conclusions or actions. In philosophy, the study of reasoning typically focuses on what makes reasoning efficient or inefficient, appropriate or inappropriate, good or bad. Philosophers do this by either examining the form or structure of the reasoning within arguments, or by considering the broader methods used to reach particular goals of reasoning. Psychologists, in contrast, tend to study how people reason, which brain processes are engaged, and how the reasoning is influenced by the structure of the brain.
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See also
- Casuistry
- Categorical syllogism
- Critical thinking
- Defeasible reasoning
- Evidence
- Inference
- Logic
- Logical fallacy
- Logical reasoning
- Mill's Methods
- Practical reason
- Rationality
- Rationality and power
- Reason
- Recognition primed decision
- Retroduction
- Theoretical reason
- What the Tortoise Said to Achilles
- Rastafarian reasoning ceremony
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