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11Motivated reasoning — is an emotion biased decision making phenomenon studied in cognitive science and social psychology. This term describes the role of motivation in cognitive processes such as decision making and attitude change in a number of paradigms, including …
12The False Subtlety of the Four Syllogistic Figures — Proved ( Die falsche Spitzfindigkeit der vier syllogistischen Figuren erwiesen ) was an essay published by Immanuel Kant in 1762.ection I General conception of the Nature of Ratiocination A judgment is the comparison of a subject or thing with a… …
13Circular reasoning — is a formal logical fallacy in which the proposition to be proved is assumed implicitly or explicitly in one of the premises. For example: Only an untrustworthy person would run for office. The fact that politicians are untrustworthy is proof of… …
14no false lemmas principle — Principle suggested by the contemporary American philosopher Gilbert Harman in response to Gettier examples in the theory of knowledge. In such cases a person is justified in believing something true, but does not know it, because the truth is… …
15deductive reasoning — noun a) inference in which the conclusion cannot be false given that the premises are true. b) inference in which the conclusion is of no greater generality than the premises. Ant: inductive reasoning …
16paralogia, paralogism, paralogy — False reasoning, involving self deception. [G. p., a fallacy, fr. para, beside, + logos, reason] thematic p. false reasoning in relation chiefly to one theme or subject, upon which the mind dwells insistently …
17Critique of Pure Reason — Part of a series on Immanuel …
18Intuition — (Roget s Thesaurus) Sophistry >The absence of reasoning. >. False or vicious reasoning PARAG:Intuition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 1 =>{ant,476,} intuition instinct association Sgm: N 1 presentiment presentiment Sgm: N 1 rule of thumb rule… …
19sophistry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sophism; false or specious reasoning; casuistry; fallaciousness, paralogism; shift, subterfuge, equivocation; absurdity, inconsistency; hair splitting. See falsehood. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. sophism,… …
20Paranoia — (See also Erotomania; Folie à Deux; French Chronic Delusional States; Psychosis: Emergence.) Paranoia means a fixed false belief formed via logical reasoning (making it distinct from schizophrenia); aside from his delusional system, the… …
