Reason is the capacity of consciously applying logic by drawing valid conclusions from new or existing information, with the aim of seeking the truth. It is associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy 展开

The proposal that reason gives humanity a special position in nature has been argued to be a defining characteristic of western philosophy and … 展开

Philosophy is often characterized as a pursuit of rational understanding, entailing a more rigorous and dedicated application of human reasoning than … 展开

Psychology and cognitive science
Scientific research into reasoning is carried out within the fields of psychology and cognitive … 展开

In the English language and other modern European languages, "reason", and related words, represent words which have always been used to … 展开

Reason compared to logic
The terms logic or logical are sometimes used as if they were identical with reason or rational, or sometimes logic is seen as the most pure or the defining form of reason: "Logic is about reasoning—about going from premises to a … 展开

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• Argument – Attempt to persuade or to determine the truth of a conclusion
• Argumentation theory – Academic field of logic and rhetoric 展开