Scientific reasoning

Words used to form, test and evaluate evidence-based explanations.

A supposition; a proposition or principle which is supposed or taken for granted, in order to draw a conclusion or inference for proof of the po…

That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as…

Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variable quantity.

Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one an…

The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.

The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or pro…

The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.

An answer; a reply.