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Practical reason — In philosophy, practical reason is the use of reason to decide how to act. This contrasts with theoretical reason (often called speculative reason), which is the use of reason to decide what to believe. For example: agents use practical reason to … Wikipedia
practical reason — noun 1. : reason concerned with the practical accomplishment of chosen ends contrasted with theoretical reason 2. Kantianism : the action or office of reason in matters of the will; specifically : the determination of the grounds or universal… … Useful english dictionary
reasoning — Any process of drawing a conclusion from a set of premises may be called a process of reasoning. If the conclusion concerns what to do, the process is called practical reasoning, otherwise pure or theoretical reasoning. Evidently such processes… … Philosophy dictionary
practical syllogism — Aristotle appears to have thought that practical reasoning could be represented in the shape of a syllogism, although the passages are fragmentary and not altogether consistent. In one version, the first premise would give a kind of action or… … Philosophy dictionary
Reasoning — is the cognitive process of looking for reasons for beliefs, conclusions, actions or feelings. [ Kirwin, Christopher. 1995. Reasoning . In Ted Honderich (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Philosophy . Oxford: Oxford University Press: p. 748] Humans… … Wikipedia
reasoning — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ careful, sound ▪ circular, faulty, flawed, specious (formal) ▪ underlying ▪ … Collocations dictionary
practical — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun (BrE) ADJECTIVE ▪ chemistry, physics, etc. ▪ laboratory VERB + PRACTICAL ▪ sit (BrE), take … Collocations dictionary
practical reason — Most generally, any reasoning aiming at a conclusion concerning what to do. More specifically, Aristotle s attempt to analyse this process in terms of the practical syllogism . See also phronēsis … Philosophy dictionary
Defeasible reasoning — is a kind of reasoning that is based on reasons that are defeasible, as opposed to the indefeasible reasons of deductive logic. Defeasible reasoning is a particular kind of non demonstrative reasoning, where the reasoning does not produce a full … Wikipedia
Critique of Practical Reason — Cover of 1898 English edition of the Critique of Practical Reason … Wikipedia
