Deduction
Induction
Abduction
Analogical reasoning
Cause-and-effect reasoning
Comparative reasoning
Conditional reasoning
Criteria reasoning
Decompositional reasoning
Exemplar reasoning
Modal logic
Traditional logic
Pros-vs-cons reasoning
Set-based reasoning
Systematic reasoning
Syllogistic reasoning
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Reasoning in every day life
Michal Vince
Department of Applied Informatics Comenius University in Bratislava Slovakia
January 24, 2011
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Recently, I’ve been thinking about abduction. Also, I’ve been observing, introspecting, and reflecting on how modalities seem to assemble and blend and, to borrow from the Churchlands, join the cascade. Then, I wished to see what else might join a listing of the modes of reasoning. I shall now add to that list.
Conformative Reasoning
Reformative Reasoning
Design Reasoning
Instrumental Reasoning
Metaphoric Reasoning
Reference-point Reasoning
Tautological Reasoning
Heuristical Reasoning
Intuitive (Hunch) Reasoning
Musical Reasoning
Semiotic Reasoning
Schematic Reasoning
Kinesthetic Reasoning
Connotative Reasoning
Classificatory Reasoning
Antimonial Reasoning
Prototype Reasoning
Improvisational Reasoning
Contemplative Reasoning
Ecstatic Reasoning
Transitive Reasoning
Memetic Reasoning
Exemplar-ordinated Reasoning