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Reason

Reason is the capacity to consciously apply logic by drawing valid conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking truth. It is associated with activities considered characteristic of humans, including philosophy, religion, science, language, and mathematics, and is generally considered a distinguishing ability possessed by humans.

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Philosophical history

Western philosophyScienceReflexivePhilosophersTeleologically
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Reason compared to related concepts

EconomicsRational choiceConsistentDouglas HofstadterGödel, Escher, Bach
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Traditional problems raised concerning reason

KnowledgeClassical antiquityPlatonismAristotelianismFirst principles
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Reason in particular fields of study

PsychologyDan SperberConfirmation biasGroup selectionFitness
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Reason in particular fields of study

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Reason

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Triples273
Avg. degree1.99
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Reason

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related to Further reading · 25
Reason → Beyond, Cham, Everyday Life, Francis, Gilovich, Hacking, History, How We Know What, Human Reason, ISBN, Isn't So, Luca, New York, Palgrave McMillan, PhilPapersBeer, Political Communication, Rationalities, Summer, The Fallibility, The Free Press
related to Christian and Islamic philosophy · 22
Reason → As European, Augustine, Averroes, Avicenna, Basil, Caesarea, Christian, Christian Patristic, Church, Church Fathers, Dark Ages, Doctors, God, Gregory, Hippo, Iranian, Islamic, Neoplatonic, Nyssa, Scholastic
related to Reason compared to logic · 15
Reason → Author Douglas Hofstadter, Bach, Bickard, Bickhard, Campbell, Escher, Gödel, However, In, Logic, Psychologist David Moshman, Psychologists Mark, Robert, The, When
related to Reason versus emotion or passion · 14
Reason → According, After, After Plato, Aristotle, David Hume, Enlightenment, Freud, It, More, Romantics, Some Enlightenment, Stoic, Stoics, Western
related to Classical philosophy · 13
Reason → Aristotle, Aristotle's, But, For, He, Heraclitus, Perhaps, Plato, Plato's, Plotinus, Pythagoras, The, Within
related to Reason in political philosophy and ethics · 11
Reason → Already, Aristotle, Evolution, For, Greek, If, Kings, Rousseau's Second Discourse, The, Theory, This
related to Reason, imagination, mimesis, and memory · 11
Reason → According, Aristotle, But, Imagination, Merlin Donald, Modern, Noam Chomsky, Other, Steven Pinker, Terrence Deacon, They
related to The critique of reason · 11
Reason → Foucault, Hamann, Hegel, Heidegger, Herder, Kant, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Others, Rorty, Some
related to Evolution of reason · 10
Reason → Any, Dan Sperber, French, Hugo Mercier, Mercier's, Reasoning, Sperber, Sperber's, They, This
related to Reason versus truth, and "first principles" · 10
Reason → Aristotelianism, Aristotle, Conclusions, In Greek, On, People, Plato, Platonism, Since, This

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reasoning human nature logic humans aristotle example philosophy also rational thinking people language according philosophers knowledge one animals argument truth

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Reasonis acapacity to consciously apply logic by drawing valid conclusions from new or existing information0.90text
Reasonis aconsideration that either explains or justifies events0.90text
Reasonis aspark of the divine0.90text
Reasonis atype of thought0.90text
Reasonis aSovereign of the World0.90text
causeinstance ofor conceptualize abstract dichotomies0.80text
effectinstance ofor conceptualize abstract dichotomies0.80text
truthinstance ofor conceptualize abstract dichotomies0.80text
falsehoodinstance ofor conceptualize abstract dichotomies0.80text
or goodinstance ofor conceptualize abstract dichotomies0.80text
evilinstance ofor conceptualize abstract dichotomies0.80text
Aristotle's were highly influential for those who attempt to explain reason in a way that is consistent with monotheisminstance ofBut teleological accounts0.80text

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