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rationalism collapse: the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct; (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience; the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth

syllogism collapse: deductive reasoning in which a conclusion is derived from two premises

sophism collapse: a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone

generalization collapse: (psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus; reasoning from detailed facts to general principles; an idea or conclusion having general application; "he spoke in broad generalities"

induction collapse: the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time); "the induction of an anesthetic state"; an electrical phenomenon whereby an electromotive force (EMF) is generated in a closed circuit by a change in the flow of current

mystification collapse: the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered; something designed to mystify or bewilder

sophistication collapse: falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies; "he practiced the art of sophistication upon reason"; the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment; being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject; "understanding affine transformations requires considerable mathematical sophistication"

speciousness collapse: an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility; "the speciousness of his argument"

particularization collapse: an individualized description of a particular instance

inference collapse: the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation

vicious circle collapse: an argument that assumes that which is to be proved; one trouble leads to another that aggravates the first

insincerity collapse: the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

deduction collapse: reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect); something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications"; an amount or percentage deducted

rationality collapse: the quality of being consistent with or based on logic; the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"

casuistry collapse: moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas; argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading

equivocation collapse: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language; intentionally vague or ambiguous

rationalization collapse: the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency; (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation; the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening

synthesis collapse: the combination of ideas into a complex whole; the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)

mentality collapse: a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

perversion collapse: the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use); "it was a perversion of justice"; an aberrant sexual practice that is preferred to normal intercourse; a curve that reverses the direction of something; "the tendrils of the plant exhibited perversion"; "perversion also shows up in kinky telephone cords"

demonstration collapse: a show of military force or preparedness; "he confused the enemy with feints and demonstrations"; a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature); "there were violent demonstrations against the war"; proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion; a visual presentation showing how something works; "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations"; "the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response"

distortion collapse: the mistake of misrepresenting the facts; the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean; a change for the worse; a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal); "heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion"

discourse collapse: extended verbal expression in speech or writing; to consider or examine in speech or writing; "The article covered all the different aspects of this question"; "The class discussed Dante's `Inferno'"

philosophy collapse: any personal belief about how to live or how to deal with a situation; "self-indulgence was his only philosophy"; "my father's philosophy of child-rearing was to let mother do it"; the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

subtlety collapse: the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze; "you had to admire the subtlety of the distinctions he drew"

ratio collapse: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

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