Reason with Reasoning
How good, as Argumentators are we? When it comes to reasoning, we talk-back, high pitched retorts, howl, bla! bla!, insult the person (his/her relatives), walk-off…. Check-out the types of reasoning, which might help you better-argue. Happy Reading! Abductive Reasoning: ( The process of creating explanatory hypotheses.) Abductive reasoning is the process of explaining something that is experienced or observed in some way and where there is no existing knowledge to explain the phenomenon. Ex: A doctor, meeting a set of symptoms not met before, considers diseases that have similar symptoms and wonders if the presented condition is something similar. Analogical Reasoning: ( Relating things to novel other situations.) In analogical reasoning, an analogy (relation) for a given thing or situation is found, where the analogy is like the given thing in some way. Ex: We see a half-hidden person and 'recognize' them as someone we know. Cause-and-effect reasoning: ( Show...