Reasoning

In this week’s reading, I thought that learning about reason was very interesting. It is said that reasoning is what separates humans from animals (Boss, 2012). When you use reason you are supporting a claim or conclusion with evidence. In order to use reason you must use problem solving skills. Critical thinking skills and logic are necessary to use reasoning as well. With reason we can form judgments of many situations and decisions that we need to do in everyday life. Reason embraces different strategies such as deduction, generalization and imagination. When reason is used, it is used to make sense of things, validate facts and to defend what is questioned. Reason is considered to be an ultimate characteristic of a person and it is in our nature to use reason in every situation we are in. Reason is also referred to as rationality. Reason can come to us in any shape or form. Although reason is mostly viewed as a conscious activity, today many scientists are finding that reasoning is almost always done automatically and unconsciously.