ratiocination
noun[U]
formaluk/ˌræt.i.ɒs.ɪ.ˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌræʃ.i.ɑː.səˈneɪ.ʃən/theprocessof makingjudgmentsabout somethingbasedonsensiblethinkingorlogic(= aformalscientificmethodofthinkingaboutideas):
理性推理；逻辑推理Aquinastakesaratherdimviewofdiscursivereasonor ratiocination ascomparedtosheerunderstanding.与纯粹的理解相比，阿奎那对话语论证或推理的看法相当模糊。
Thedetectivein thestoryisknownfor hisgiftsofobservationand ratiocination.故事中的侦探以其观察力和推理能力而闻名。
- Ratiocination ismethodicalandlogicalreasoning.
- It isknowledgethat isassumedtoarisefrom theprocessof ratiocinationalone.
- Ratiocination is amodeofacquiringrealknowledge.
Logic and reason
- a fortiori
- a posteriori
- a priori
- analytic
- antinomy
- illogically
- incoherently
- inductive
- inductively
- intellectual
- non sequitur
- non-theoretical
- non-verbal
- nonscientific
- paradox
- teleology
- theoretical
- theoretically
- theory
- thinking