chain of reasoning
collocation in Englishmeaningsofchainandreasoning
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chain
noun
uk/tʃeɪn/us/tʃeɪn/
a series of things of the same type connected in a line, or a series of people standing in ...
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reasoning
noun[U]
uk/ˈriː.zən.ɪŋ/us/ˈriː.zən.ɪŋ/
the process of thinking about something in order to make ...
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(Definition ofchainandreasoningfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But what is it, specifically, that makes thischainofreasoninga critique?
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Our purpose is to examine a particularchainofreasoningconcerning the alleged inferiority of presidential systems in generating effective governance.
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Latin quotations, then, are not only reported speech but also links in a complex, unfoldingchainofreasoning.
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This function logic forms achainofreasoningfrom required functions to the structural components that implement them.
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The suspect link in thischainofreasoningis the premise that the accomplishment of law's function entails the capacity of ever y legal norm to guide conduct.
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Furthermore, as one progresses further back in thechainofreasoningentailed by backward induction, the expectation of such errors compounds.
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The first depends on thischainofreasoning.
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Indeed, the solution to a problem is sometimes obtained through the effortful elaboration of achainofreasoning.
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The goal is to explain not only thechainofreasoningbut also the reasoning strategy.
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First, it is plausible to suppose that every divinely produced event is the product of achainofreasoning.
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The whole network of points and lines represents a kind of overview of the reasoning in the given argument, showing the various premises and conclusions in thechainofreasoning.
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It can also shade into something apparent only upon reflection and successful completion of a chainofreasoning(as in the correct answer to a complicated addition problem).
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First, it is clearly a well-chosen expression when giving judgment in litigation, where the wholechainofreasoninghas already been set in context.
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If we are to follow thatchainofreasoning, why should we stop there?
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That appeared a rather circularchainofreasoningwhich was not entirely convincing.
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If a logical break can be found in thatchainofreasoning, it rests in limiting taxation to the taxation of the unemployed.
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That is thechainofreasoningand it is hard to resist.
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I cannot imagine on whatchainofreasoningthat statement is based.
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At the end of that longchainofreasoning, we come to a loss of services, particularly in rural and suburban areas, and especially at certain times of the day.
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In this case, the justification of any statement is used, perhaps after a longchainofreasoning, in justifying itself, and the argument is circular.
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