Could you explain your reasoning?
They told everyone the reasoning behind the decision.
a conclusion based on fallacious reasoning
Humans possess the power of reasoning.
Recent Examples on the WebIn one of the logical reasoning experiments, for example, Cornell undergraduates (n=45) had to solve 20 logic questions taken from the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT).—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2024 By this reasoning, procuring the dress for Kardashian was worth it.—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 Nyad, who is an out lesbian, has written four books, including a 2016 memoir titled Find a Way that detailed her reasoning for unretiring to have a fifth try at the odyssey.—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024 For example, people have found that asking models to explain its reasoning step by step—a technique called chain-of-thought—improved their performance on a range of math and logic questions.—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Mar. 2024 Other experiments have shown that members of the corvid family, which includes crows, jays, and magpies, can read one another’s intentions, plan for the future, and solve puzzles using abstract reasoning and tools.—Ben Crair, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2024 Melvin says his reasoning for the mandate isn’t based on any political motivation – or even a Major League Baseball (MLB) ruling – instead explaining that it is meant to show a unified front before games.—Ben Morse, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024 God explained his reasoning for considering a vasectomy.—Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024 The other is a breakthrough in logical planning that produces better code but also might point the way towards AI models that can perform lots of other reasoning tasks better than existing models.—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2024
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