Category: reasoning...

• the faculty by which fundamental truths are the causes or "reasons" of all derivative facts
• reason is the power of synthesizing, by means of comprehensive principles, the concepts that are provided by the intellect
• ratiocination, the drawing of inferences and the use of the reasoning faculty
• deductive (general to particular) and inductive (particular to general) reasoning
• the inherent fragility of analogies and metaphors in reasoning
• seeing clearly, thinking rationally, reasoning logically, speaking articulately
• not letting reason make all your decisions
• your reason and passion are the rudder and sail of your soul
• combining information from separate sources to reach a new conclusion is one form of reasoning
• reasoning has often been regarded as a uniquely human faculty - one of the few factors along with language, that distinguishes
• I would call the attention of the reader to the difference between "reason" and "reasoning." Reason is a light, reasoning a process. Reason is a faculty, reasoning an exercise of that faculty. Reasoning proceeds from one truth to another by means of argumentation. This generally involves the whole mind in labor and complexity. But reason does not exist merely in order to engage in reasoning. The process is a means to an end. The true fulfillment of reason as a faculty is found when it can embrace the truth simply and without labor in the light of single intuition. (Thomas Merton)
• Think on this doctrine,-that reasoning beings were created for one another's sake; that to be patient is a branch of justice, and that men sin without intending it. (Marcus Aurelius)

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