Synonyms and Antonyms of reasoning

Argumentation and debate, in the ordinary use of the words, suppose two parties alleging reasons for and against a proposition; the same idea appears more.. Argumentation and debate, in the ordinary use of the words, suppose two parties alleging reasons for and against a proposition; the same idea appears figuratively when we speak of a debate or an argument with oneself, or of a debate between reason and conscience. Reasoning may be the act of one alone, as it is simply the orderly setting forth of reasons, whether for the instruction of inquirers, the confuting of opponents, or the clear establishment of truth for oneself. Reasoning may be either deductive or inductive. Argument or argumentation was formerly used of deductive reasoning only. With the rise of the inductive philosophy these words have come to be applied to inductive processes also; but while reasoning may be informal or even (as far as tracing its processes is concerned) unconscious, argument and argumentation strictly imply logical form. Reasoning, as denoting a process, is a broader term than reason or argument; many arguments or reasons may be included in a single chain of reasoning. (noun)

thinking that is coherent and logical (noun.cognition)

endowed with the capacity to reason (adj.all)

consistent with or based on or using reason (adj.all)

the process of using your mind to consider something carefully (noun.cognition)

the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations (noun.cognition)

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning (noun.cognition)

reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence (noun.cognition)

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) (noun.cognition)

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than more.. the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation (noun.cognition)

the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) (noun.cognition)

logical and methodical reasoning (noun.cognition)

the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence (noun.cognition)

the combination of ideas into a complex whole (noun.cognition)

the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience (noun.cognition)

think logically (verb.cognition)