reasoning 2009
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By: Norma Torres
Reasoning
Reasoning Reasoning is the
process of creating or generating conclusions from evidence or premises, it consists on a series of conclusions that say how the evidence and the contention are connected
Types of Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Allows humans to create generalizations about people, events and things in there environment
Example: all twins are identical
Deductive Reasoning
How we apply generalizations and fallacies, errors in reasoning
Example: only men like to play basketball
Sign ReasoningFootball on television that fall has arrived .
Reasoning from Authority
Is used when a person argues that a particular claim is justified because it is held by a credible source.
Example: by parents said so
Comparison Reasoning
All the females I know like chocolate cake so all females like chocolate cake
Which could not be true because there could be one that does not like it
Figurative Comparison
An attempt to link similarities
Example all ships as big as the Titanic will sink
Literal Comparison
An attempt to establish a link between similar classifications
Example all Toyota cars and BMW are just as fast
Reasoning
The critical thinker must remember a difference between the reasoning need to establish the validity.