The Interrelation Between Reasoning And Rationality

It is claimed that reasoning in the real world aids decision making and is geared towards accomplishing goals. There is a distinction made between two types of rationality.

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Rationality 1: Reasoning to attain one's goals under cognitive limits
Rationality 2: Reasoning through a logical process

The philosophical distinction between practical and theoretical reasoning is related to these two different meanings. Some psychological on deductive thinking is re-examined in this perspective, as it is argued that logical rationality does not provide a good basis for cognitive rationality. Reason, like consciousness, with which it is deeply connected, has long been seen as a unique human ability not found elsewhere in any species. Reason is the process by which humans gain understanding by combining sensory observations with concepts and linking them with previously learned knowledge. The process of assessing and managing ideas and facts is also known as reasoning. Clarity, as well as the application of identifiable ideas, memories, emotions, and sensory data are key attributes of reason. The techniques of reason is significant since it is a means of attaining understanding. Reason is a method of philosophical thinking. Reason makes use of logic, deduction, and induction in order to make sense of information.

This example I'm about to explain has been included in my article too. One day I was playing cricket with my friends in an abandoned paddy field when I was in sixth grade and I was looking for two stones to mark the wide lines. Once I picked up a stone, I saw the grass under it were dead, they turned into a pale yellow color. I didn’t know the reason behind it and I was curious to find out. The next day, I picked up a stone and went to the front yard of my house and covered a little area of it by the stone and left it for 24 hours. The next day I went to check on the grass and the result was just like the grass I saw in the paddy field. I was thinking about it for hours and finally able to make a logic that the grass that was open facing the sunlight was healthy compared to the grass under the rock and I deducted that the grass turned into pale yellow because of the lack of sunlight. At that time I didn’t know I used reasoning to come into a conclusion about my curiosity but reasoning was the technique that helped me to understand a natural phenomenon.

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