reasoning,
Roget-categorie 476
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.4. Reasoning processes
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Reasoning,
zelfstandig naamwoord
reasoning ratiocination rationalism —
dialectics,
induction,
generalization.
discussion,
comment —
ventilation —
inquiry
etc.
461.
argumentation,
controversy,
debate —
polemics,
wrangling —
contention
etc.
720 —
logomachy† —
disputation,
disceptation† —
paper war.
art of reasoning,
logic.
process of reasoning,
train of reasoning,
chain of reasoning —
deduction,
induction,
abduction —
synthesis,
analysis.
argument —
case,
plaidoyer†,
opening —
lemma,
proposition,
terms,
premises,
postulate,
data,
starting point,
principle —
inference
etc.
(judgment)
480.
prosyllogism†,
syllogism —
enthymeme†,
sorites†,
dilemma,
perilepsis†,
a priori reasoning,
reductio ad absurdum,
horns of a dilemma,
argumentum ad hominem [Lat.],
comprehensive argument —
empirema†,
epagoge†.
[person who reasons]
reasoner,
logician,
dialectician —
disputant —
controversialist,
controvertist† —
wrangler,
arguer,
debater polemic,
casuist,
rationalist —
scientist —
eristic†.
logical sequence —
good case —
correct just reasoning,
sound reasoning,
valid reasoning,
cogent reasoning,
logical reasoning,
forcible reasoning,
persuasive reasoning,
persuasory reasoning†,
consectary reasoning†,
conclusive
etc.
478 —
subtle reasoning —
force of argument,
strong point,
strong argument,
persuasive argument.
arguments,
reasons,
pros and cons.
werkwoord
reason,
argue,
discuss,
debate,
dispute,
wrangle†,
argufy†,
bandy words,
bandy arguments —
chop logic —
hold an argument,
carry on an argument —
controvert
etc.
(deny)
536 —
canvass —
comment upon,
moralize upon —
spiritualize —
consider
etc.
(examine)
461.
open a discussion,
open a case —
try conclusions —
join issue,
be at issue —
moot —
come to the point —
stir a question,
agitate a question,
ventilate a question,
torture a question —
take up a side,
take up a case.
contend,
take one's stand upon,
insist,
lay stress on —
infer
etc.
480.
follow from
etc.
(demonstration)
478.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
reasoning
etc.
v. —
rationalistic —
argumentative,
controversial,
dialectic,
polemical —
discursory†,
discursive —
disputatious —
Aristotelian†,
eristic†,
eristical†.
debatable,
controvertible.
logical —
relevant
etc.
23.
bijwoord
for,
because,
hence,
whence,
seeing that,
since,
sith†,
then thence so —
for that reason,
for this reason,
for which reason —
for as,
inasmuch as —
whereas,
ex concesso [Lat.],
considering,
in consideration of —
therefore,
wherefore —
consequently,
ergo,
thus,
accordingly —
a fortiori.
in conclusion,
in fine —
finally,
after all,
au bout du compt [Fr.],
on the whole,
taking one thing with another.
uitdrukking
ab actu ad posse valet consecutio [Lat.] —
per troppo dibatter la verita si perde [It] —
troppo disputare la verita fa errare [It].
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