Reasoning
['riːz(ə)nɪŋ] or ['rizənɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reason
(n.) The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons.
(n.) That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Ratiocination, argumentation.
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Examples
- I cannot but in some sense admit the force of this reasoning, which I yet hope to traverse by the following considerations. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It meant the apprehension of material which should ballast and check the exercise of reasoning. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- When a man is in love, said Crispin intensively, it is no use reasoning with him; and, as regards Helena, I quite approve of all you say. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A like reasoning will account for the idea of external existence. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The same truth may be proved still more evidently by that reasoning, which proved justice in general to be an artificial virtue. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The origin of kindness from beauty may be explained from the foregoing reasoning. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The image in the mind is only that of a particular object, though the application of it in our reasoning be the same, as if it were universal. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The first depends on this chain of reasoning. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This evidently destroys the precedent reasoning concerning the cause of thought or perception. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- If I get wrong in my reasoning, recollect, it is you who adopted the analogy. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It was at such moments that for an instant he ceased to be a reasoning machine, and betrayed his human love for admiration and applause. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Not them Mounds without,' said Mr Wegg, extending his right hand with an air of solemn reasoning, 'encouragement? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His reasoning seems defective! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This is the reasoning I form in conformity to my hypothesis; and am pleased to find upon trial that every thing answers exactly to my expectation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I believe it scarce will be asserted, that the first species of reasoning alone is ever the cause of any action. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This principle we derive from experience, and is the source of most of our philosophical reasonings. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This is what I find principally wanting in their reasonings, and what I shall here endeavour to supply. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The first case is parallel to our reasonings from cause and effect; the second to education. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- That is a point, which we must take for granted in all our reasonings. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- I had, indeed, from time to time, put down short hints of the sentiments, reasonings, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Poor Harriet was in a flutter of spirits which required all the reasonings and soothings and attentions of every kind that Emma could give. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I cannot forbear adding to these reasonings an observation, which may, perhaps, be found of some importance. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- When I oppose it to reason, I mean the same faculty, excluding only our demonstrative and probable reasonings. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- All our reasonings concerning the probability of causes are founded on the transferring of past to future. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This is commonly taken for granted in all reasonings, without any proof given or demanded. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This has evidently appeared in some of the foregoing reasonings; and will appear still more evidently, and be more fully explained afterwards. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- This may lead us to conceive the manner, in which that faculty enters into all our reasonings. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Your reasonings carry my judgment along with them entirely. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Custom readily carries us beyond the just bounds in our passions, as well as in our reasonings. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- If we reject it in favour of these reasonings, we subvert entirely the human understanding. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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