a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Essay and argument structure, Logic and argument.
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Deductive reasoning
reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
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a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Essay and argument structure, Logic and argument.a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured, we can i…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.the quality of being valid and rigorous
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllo…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Essay and argument structure, Logic and argument.reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Analysis and evaluation, Argument and reasoning, Essay and argument structure, Logic and argument.something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your l…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; "a logical mind"
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured, we can i…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.a statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn; "on the assumption that he has been injured, we can i…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllo…
Used in the same subject area: Academic vocabulary, Philosophy, Argument and reasoning, Logic and argument.
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Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arriv…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.To attribute, impute, or refer, as to a cause; as, his death was ascribed to a poison; to ascribe an effect to the right cause; to asc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.To draw to, or cause to tend to; esp. to cause to approach, adhere, or combine; or to cause to resist divulsion, separation, or decomp…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a cause or causes; expressing a cause; causative.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of reasoning; the application of logical principles to discursive reasoning; th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.In general: That which is produced by an agent or cause; the event which follows immediately from an antecedent, called the cause; res…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.Having the power to produce an effect or effects; producing a decided or decisive effect; efficient; serviceable; operative; as, an ef…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.To put in force; to cause to take effect; to give effect to; to execute with vigor; as, to enforce the laws.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, cause, effect.
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