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The use of language so that arguments can be communicated clearly and analyzed consistently and effectively, together with rules for relating evidence to conclusions; a psychological process by which we reach conclusions on the basis of a body of information (evidence), often expressed in the form of an argument.
Reasoning has two principal goals or points: 1. to ascertain the truth of a claim, hypothesis, etc. – inquiry or investigation; 2. to decide what to do – deliberation or decision-making.
Reason Faculty or capacity to think or make judgements in a logical, clear and coherent way – bringing to bear rational methods or arguments, able to consider information and use it to reach justifiable conclusions, or resolve a problem or difficulty by rational means. † cf. Rhetoric
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