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Ratiocination

The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.

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Proposition 76% connected

The act of setting or placing before; the act of offering.

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Reasoning 76% connected

of Reason

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Ratiocinate 74% connected

To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument.

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Ratiocinate 74% connected

To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument.

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Syllogism 70% connected

The regular logical form of every argument, consisting of three propositions, of which the first two are called the premises, and the last, the concl…

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Conclusion 92% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Argumentation noun · 86% connection

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your l…

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Assumption noun · 86% connection

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…

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Axiom noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident

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Contradiction noun · 86% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Contradiction in terms noun · 86% connection

(logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement ‘he is brave and he is not brave’ is a contradiction"

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Converse noun · 86% connection

a proposition obtained by conversion

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Corollary noun · 86% connection

(logic) an inference that follows directly from the proof of another proposition

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Deduction noun · 86% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Deductive reasoning noun · 86% connection

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

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Euclid's axiom noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry

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Euclid's postulate noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry

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Euclidean axiom noun · 86% connection

(mathematics) any of five axioms that are generally recognized as the basis for Euclidean geometry

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Inference noun · 86% connection

the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusi…

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Lemma noun · 86% connection

a subsidiary proposition that is assumed to be true in order to prove another proposition

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Logic noun · 86% connection

reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"

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Negation noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that is true if and only if another proposition is false

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Particular noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class

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Posit noun · 86% connection

(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

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A posteriori unknown · 78% connection

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arriv…

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A priori unknown · 78% connection

Characterizing that kind of reasoning which deduces consequences from definitions formed, or principles assumed, or which infers effec…

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Argument noun · 78% connection

a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your l…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, deducing, conclusions, premises, deductive.
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Collective adjective · 78% connection

Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring.

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Conclude verb · 78% connection

To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a depend…

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Conjecture noun · 78% connection

reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence

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Deduce verb · 78% connection

To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, deducing, conclusions, premises, deductive.
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Demonstration noun · 78% connection

A course of reasoning showing that a certain result is a necessary consequence of assumed premises; -- these premises being definition…

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Derivation noun · 78% connection

The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiati…

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Dialectics noun · 78% connection

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, deducing, conclusions, premises, deductive.
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Discourse noun · 78% connection

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…

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Discoursive adjective · 78% connection

Reasoning; characterized by reasoning; passing from premises to consequences; discursive.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: reasoning, deducing, conclusions, premises, deductive.
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Discursive adjective · 78% connection

Reasoning; proceeding from one ground to another, as in reasoning; argumentative.

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