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Definition of Ratiocination
1. Noun. The proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism).
Group relationships: Syllogism
Generic synonyms: Proposition
Terms within: Major Term, Minor Term
2. Noun. Logical and methodical reasoning.
Definition of Ratiocination
1. n. The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.
Definition of Ratiocination
1. Noun. Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning. ¹
2. Noun. Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational. ¹
3. Noun. A proposition arrived at by such thought. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ratiocination
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ratiocination
Literary usage of Ratiocination
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Analysis of the Phenomena of the Human Mind by James Mill (1869)
"ratiocination. " It would afford great light and clearness to the art of Logic,
to determine the precise nature and composition of the ideas affixed to ..."
2. A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of by John Stuart Mill (1906)
"Not (as we have so often said) that ratiocination cannot be good unless it be
... Among Fallacies of ratiocination, we ought perhaps to include the errors ..."
3. A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of by John Stuart Mill (1865)
"Not (as we have so often said) that the ratiocination cannot be good unless it
... Among Fallacies of ratiocination, we ought perhaps to include the errors ..."
4. A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of by John Stuart Mill (1858)
"Not (as we have so often said) that the ratiocination cannot be good unless it
... Among Fallacies of ratiocination we ought, perhaps, to include the errors ..."
5. The Perceptionalist, Or, Mental Science: A University Text-book by Edward John Hamilton (1899)
"As the understanding of the single step renders the explanation of a succession
of inferences a matter of little difficulty, the philosophy of ratiocination ..."
6. A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive: Being a Connected View of by John Stuart Mill (1867)
"Not (as we have so often said) that the ratiocination cannot be good unless it
... Among Fallacies of ratiocination we ought, perhaps, to include the errors ..."
7. The Human Mind: A Treatise in Mental Philosophy by Edward John Hamilton (1883)
"As the understanding of the single step renders the explanation of a succession
of inferences a matter of little difficulty, the philosophy of ratiocination ..."
8. The Ruling Principle of Method Applied to Education by Antonio Rosmini, Maria Georgina Shirreff Grey (1903)
"Hypothetical ratiocination. 305. At this age the mind appears first to conceive
hypothetical ratiocination, or, at least, the major premiss of it. ..."
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