Question

Which term describes the ability to use different types of reasoning for different situations

Answer 1

Answer:Provide a list of different reasoning types.

Provide detailed explanations of deduction, induction, and abduction (the main forms of reasoning) illustrated by many examples.

Offer explanations of other formal and informal reasoning types (including complex types).

Discuss the basics of logic and reason (“propositional logic” specifically), including the basics of argument forms such as the syllogism, some rule-sets of the argument forms, and the anatomy of arguments (in terms of structure and in terms of how to tell if an argument is weak, strong, cogent, uncogent, valid, invalid, sound, or unsound).

Explain the different kinds of argumentation.

and more.

 

The idea will be to not only list the different reasoning types, but to explain some of their complexities and to illustrate how they work together within the bounds of formal logic and reason.

Basic definitions of logic and reason and the anatomy of an argument: In plain English, a “term” is a concept in a statement (a subject or predicate), a “proposition” is a statement in which terms are connected by “logical connectors” (like: and, or, not), “premises” are a collection of statements that make the case for an argument (likewise a single premise is a single statement that makes the case for an argument), an “inference” is a conclusion to a premise(s), and an “argument” is a collection of statements (premises and inferences). Then, propositional logic describes the logical rule-sets that govern arguments constructed from these parts which allow us to reason toward conclusions. With this in mind, the forms of reasoning are simply different ways we can consider collections of statements and draw conclusions. Here you’ll note we are dealing with information in “the language form.” In our heads we also deal with sensory data when we reason, but that is difficult to convey in words, so we’ll use “propositions” and “propositional logic” as placeholders and deal with reasoning from the perspective of “the philosophy of logic and reason.”