ratiocination
THE CAPACITY OF CONSCIOUSLY MAKING SENSE OF THINGS, APPLYING LOGIC, AND ADAPTING OR JUSTIFYING PRACTICES, INSTITUTIONS, AND BELIEFS BASED ON NEW OR EXISTING INFORMATION
Reasoning; Reasoned; Reason (philosophy); Formal reasoning; Reason (logic); Ratiocination; Insight learning; Rational argument; Historical reasons; Historical reason; Rational capacity; History of reasoning; Unreasonable; Discursive reason; Natural reason; Logical reason; Human reason; Method of reasoning; Philosophical reason; Meta-reasoning; Philosophic reason; Discursive reasoning; Foundations of reasoning; Evolution of reason
[?rat??s?'ne??(?)n, ?ra??-]
¦ noun formal the forming of judgements by a process of logic; reasoning.
Derivatives
ratiocinate verb
ratiocinative adjective
ratiocinator noun
Origin
C16: from L.
ratiocinatio(n-), from
ratiocinari 'deliberate, calculate', from
ratio (see
ratio).