reason

Capacity for consciously making sense of things

Entitypsychology concept philosophical conceptQ178354

Instance of: psychology concept
, philosophical concept
Subclass of: cognitive process

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Reason is the capacity to consciously apply logic by drawing valid conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking truth. It is associated with activities considered characteristic of humans, including philosophy, religion, science, language, and mathematics, and is generally considered a distinguishing ability possessed by humans. The term "reason" is sometimes used to refer to rationality, although the latter is more about its application.

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Opposite of: absurdity
Partially coincident with: reasoning
Different from: Vernunft criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: Vernunft
Reason criterion used: descriptive page and disambiguation page have to be in different items · applies to name of subject: reason

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