Search the forum,

reason

Reason is the capacity of consciously applying logic by drawing conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth. It is closely associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy, science, language, mathematics, and art, and is normally considered to be a distinguishing ability possessed by humans. Reason is sometimes referred to as rationality.Reasoning is associated with the acts of thinking and cognition, and involves using one's intellect. The field of logic studies the ways in which humans can use formal reasoning to produce logically valid arguments. Reasoning may be subdivided into forms of logical reasoning, such as: deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, and abductive reasoning. Aristotle drew a distinction between logical discursive reasoning (reason proper), and intuitive reasoning, in which the reasoning process through intuition—however valid—may tend toward the personal and the subjectively opaque. In some social and political settings logical and intuitive modes of reasoning may clash, while in other contexts intuition and formal reason are seen as complementary rather than adversarial. For example, in mathematics, intuition is often necessary for the creative processes involved with arriving at a formal proof, arguably the most difficult of formal reasoning tasks.
Reasoning, like habit or intuition, is one of the ways by which thinking moves from one idea to a related idea. For example, reasoning is the means by which rational individuals understand sensory information from their environments, or conceptualize abstract dichotomies such as cause and effect, truth and falsehood, or ideas regarding notions of good or evil. Reasoning, as a part of executive decision making, is also closely identified with the ability to self-consciously change, in terms of goals, beliefs, attitudes, traditions, and institutions, and therefore with the capacity for freedom and self-determination.In contrast to the use of "reason" as an abstract noun, a reason is a consideration given which either explains or justifies events, phenomena, or behavior. Reasons justify decisions, reasons support explanations of natural phenomena; reasons can be given to explain the actions (conduct) of individuals.
Using reason, or reasoning, can also be described more plainly as providing good, or the best, reasons. For example, when evaluating a moral decision, "morality is, at the very least, the effort to guide one's conduct by reason—that is, doing what there are the best reasons for doing—while giving equal [and impartial] weight to the interests of all those affected by what one does."Psychologists and cognitive scientists have attempted to study and explain how people reason, e.g. which cognitive and neural processes are engaged, and how cultural factors affect the inferences that people draw. The field of automated reasoning studies how reasoning may or may not be modeled computationally. Animal psychology considers the question of whether animals other than humans can reason.

View More On Wikipedia.org
  1. T

    Heating cuts off for no reason

    Hi We have a Worcester Greenstar Ri boiler. This has been going on for years but we have just sort of lived with it but I would like to get it sorted now. When we knock the heating on, the boiler starts and the water tank starts making its noise. After about 25-30 minutes though, after the...
  2. C

    Is there a reason drain would be loose fit to soil stack?

    Hello full disclosure, I am a DIYer. When reinstalling a sink after having it out to refloor, the waste pipe came disconnected from the soil stack. On inspection it seems to be a solvent weld fitting, but doesn't seem to have been solvent welded. It has been like that since the house was...
  3. P

    Reason for usual HW shutoff valve location

    In a conventional system, the standard arrangement is to have a gate valve on the (typically 28mm) cold feed pipe from cistern to cylinder. Out of curiosity, I was wondering why you won't find it on the hw pipe (typically 22mm) going out of the cylinder instead. Of course, positioned after the...
  4. C

    Need help with this please

    Is the ffd or fsd don’t work what could be the reason for this?
  5. R

    Help needed please! Low pressure/flow issues & unsure of reason.

    I've started to plan the renovation of my existing bathroom, but before I do would like to get the issues I'm having with low pressure/flow sorted, and I'm struggling to ascertain the cause! I have zero experience with plumbing and having scrounged the internet have found plenty of possible...
  6. W

    Any reason to extend f+e vent until submerged?

    I'm guessing not. Looked like someone had put a compression coupler on it (it was already fine, terminating inside f+e) and stuck another bit of pipe almost reaching bottom of tank. What am I missing? Removed it.
  7. Best

    Reason I hate plastic valves

    Went to bung water off on a cwt in attic of a modern posh house and discovered water everywhere around tank and ceiling. Fluidmaster plastic tailed side entry valve, (which I then replaced with brass tailed Pro version) was leaking at end of tail. Close inspection shows the plastic has cracked...
  8. F

    Additional PRV

    Hi there, just looking for a bit of confirmation. I've got a Combi with a PRV letting by. It's not the easiest position to replace so I'm thinking I'll just add an additional one on the PRV pipe work. Apart from making sure that it's set to the same max pressure is the one inside the boiler I...
  9. H

    Anyway to bung an automatic air vent?

    I've noticed the automatic air vent on the top part of my boiler is leaking. Here's a photo: i.*********/Elb7Xqo.jpg It's in a position that would be bugger to replace so I'd rather not have to deal with getting it sorted right now, and I was hoping there would be a cap on it to close the vent...
  10. gassafe

    Stolen boilers

    Just saw this in the local news... Not sure how they valued 3 boilers at 10k lol! £10,000 theft of boilers from new housing development (From Swindon Advertiser)
  11. R

    Any reason 1/2" Portsmouth (Part 1 ballcocks or FOV) are still sold at all?

    To cut a long story short, I started reading the the WRAS Water Regs book again: G16.1 d states that a G1/2 size valve (do they mean a 1/2" valve as opposed to, say, a 3/4" valve?) must be 'constructed so that the water shut-off level may be altered [...] without bending the float lever.' So...
  12. R

    A reason to move to Yorkshire..

    England's first crisp sandwich shop is set to open - but it won't be in London - Mirror Online
  13. L

    good reason for living :)

    daughter and her friend exercising on the beach, makes a dad glad he moved to this part of the world :)
  14. T

    Very slow hot supply

    Hi I have taken over a job where a total incompetent fool was playing plumber but clearly did not have a clue. Has destroyed the poor home owners gaff, started at just a leaking Johnson fitting (back to front) the catalog of mess is endless. The pipe work he done looked like mario had been at...
  15. W

    Perhaps a good reason, future-wise, for purchasing these.

    https://www.justworkgloves.co.uk/Cut-Resistant-Gloves/Standard-Kevlar-Gloves-Lightweight?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product_feed_or_listings&pl=STD&gclid=CPmeiOuE4cQCFTQatAodrFUA9g Antibiotic resistance: 80,000 'might die' in future outbreak - BBC News
  16. S

    Two port zone valve on cylinder return

    Come across some of these recently, usually only ever see them on the flow to the cylinder, not on the return from it. Any reason for this? Does it make any difference as still won't be any flow unless there is a call from the cylinder stat?
  17. B

    a good reason why you should get your gas appliances serviced

    and only use competent gas engineers ,flue liners also perforated water coming in
  18. M

    joining this gas safe forum

    I would like to join the gas safe site forum I haven t registered with gas safe but do have my ccn1 cenwat and ckr1 im not planning on joining any time soon I was registered back in 2012 and still have my card and number have re sat ccn1 a few weeks ago
  19. R

    High Level Cistern

    We have a 2 bedroom flat with a high-level cistern. The tenant has asked that a stop-tap be put on the water pipe leading to the high-level cistern. We fitted the high-level cistern about 5 year ago just as they were coming into fashion and we're reluctant to start messing unnecessarily...
  20. D

    Fun day of leaks

    Filling up a plot, fine for 30 minutes... Having a chat & them boom water ****ing out everywhere!! Anyone else had this happen to them? (Not my own work)
Creating content since 2001. Untold Media.

OFFICIAL SPONSORS

OFFICIAL SPONSORS

Back
Top
AdBlock Detected

We get it, advertisements are annoying!

Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website. For the best site experience please disable your AdBlocker.

I've Disabled AdBlock