dilemma, perilepsis[obs3], a priori reasoning, reductio ad absurdum,
horns of a dilemma, argumentum ad hominem [Lat.], comprehensive
argument; empirema[obs3], epagoge[obs3]. [person who reasons] reasoner,
logician, dialectician; disputant; controversialist,
controvertist[obs3]; wrangler, arguer, debater polemic, casuist,
rationalist; scientist; eristic[obs3]. logical sequence; good case;
correct just reasoning, sound reasoning, valid reasoning, cogent
reasoning, logical reasoning, forcible reasoning, persuasive reasoning,
persuasory reasoning[obs3], consectary reasoning|, conclusive &c. 478;
subtle reasoning; force of argument, strong point, strong argument,
persuasive argument. arguments, reasons, pros and cons. V. reason,
argue, discuss, debate, dispute, wrangle- argufy[obs3], bandy words,
bandy arguments; chop logic; hold an argument, carry on an argument;
controvert &c. (deny) 536; canvass; comment upon, moralize upon;
spiritualize; consider &c. (examine) 461. open a discussion, open a
case; try conclusions; join issue, be at issue; moot; come to the
point; stir a question, agitate a question, ventilate a question,
torture a question; take up a side, take up a case. contend, take one's
stand upon, insist, lay stress on; infer &c. 480. follow from &c.
(demonstration) 478. Adj. reasoning &c. v.; rationalistic;
argumentative, controversial, dialectic, polemical; discursory[obs3],
discursive; disputatious; Aristotelian[obs3], eristic[obs3],
eristical[obs3]. debatable, controvertible. logical; relevant &c. 23.
Adv. for, because, hence, whence, seeing that, since, sith[obs3], then
thence so; for that reason, for this reason, for which reason; for as,
inasmuch as; whereas, ex concesso[Lat], considering, in consideration
of; therefore, wherefore; consequently, ergo, thus, accordingly; a
fortiori. in conclusion, in fine; finally, after all, au bout du
compt[Fr], on the whole, taking one thing with another. Phr. ab actu ad
posse valet consecutio [Lat]; per troppo dibatter la verita si perde
[It]; troppo disputare la verita fa errare [It].
#477. [The absence of reasoning.] Intuition. [False or vicious
reasoning; show of reason.] Sophistry.—N. intuition, instinct,
association, hunch, gut feeling; presentiment, premonition; rule of
thumb; superstition; astrology[obs3]; faith (supposition) 514.
sophistry, paralogy[obs3], perversion, casuistry, jesuitry,
equivocation, evasion; chicane, chicanery; quiddet[obs3], quiddity;
mystification; special pleading; speciousness &c. adj.; nonsense &c.
497; word sense, tongue sense. false reasoning, vicious reasoning,
circular reasoning; petitio principii[Lat], ignoratio elenchi[Lat];
post hoc ergo propter hoc[Lat]; non sequitur, ignotum per
ignotius[Lat]. misjudgment &c. 481; false teaching &c. 538. sophism,
solecism, paralogism[obs3]; quibble, quirk, elenchus[obs3],
elench[obs3], fallacy, quodlibet, subterfuge, subtlety, quillet[obs3];
inconsistency, antilogy[obs3]; "a delusion, a mockery, and a snare"
[Denman]; claptrap, cant, mere words; "lame and impotent conclusion"
[Othello]. meshes of sophistry, cobwebs of sophistry; flaw in an
argument; weak point, bad case. overrefinement[obs3]; hairsplitting &c.
v. V. judge intuitively, judge by intuition; hazard a proposition,
hazard a guess, talk at random. reason ill, falsely &c. adj.; misjudge
&c. 481; paralogize[obs3]. take on faith, take as a given; assume
(supposition) 514. pervert, quibble; equivocate, mystify, evade, elude;
gloss over, varnish; misteach &c. 538[obs3]; mislead &c. (error) 495;
cavil, refine, subtilize[obs3], split hairs; misrepresent &c. (lie)