Princeton's WordNet (1.00 / 1 vote) Rate these synonyms: The reason of a thing that is to be explained the reason for a thing that is to be done. MIND REASONING.Р”Р„ccount, aim, argument, cause, consideration, design, end, end, ground, motive, object, principle, purpose But when the reasoning is not in strict logical form, the middle term following the conclusion is called the reason thus in the statement 'All tyrants deserve death CР“В¦sar was a tyrant Therefore CР“В¦sar deserved death,' 'CР“В¦sar was a tyrant' would in the strictest sense be called the argument but if we say 'CР“В¦sar deserved death because he was a tyrant,' the latter clause would be termed the reason. In the statement of any reasoning, the argument may be an entire syllogism, or the premises considered together apart from the conclusion, or in logical strictness the middle term only by which the particular conclusion is connected with the general statement. While the cause of any event, act, or fact, as commonly understood, is the power that makes it to be, the reason of or for it is the explanation given by the human mind but reason is, in popular language, often used as equivalent to cause, especially in the sense of final cause. We reason with a person about a subject, for or against an opinion we reason a person into or out of a course of action or we may reason down an opponent or opposition one reasons from a cause to an effect. A dispute may be personal, fractious, and petty a debate is formal and orderly if otherwise, it becomes a mere wrangle.Р”Р„rgue, contend, controvert, debate, demonstrate, discuss, dispute, establish, prove, question, wrangle We reason about a matter by bringing up all that reason can give us on any side. Reason is a neutral word, not, like argue, debate, discuss, etc., naturally or necessarily implying contest.

That which has been either demonstrated or proved so as to secure general acceptance is said to be established. To demonstrate is to force the mind to a conclusion by irresistible reasoning to prove is rather to establish a fact by evidence as, to prove one innocent or guilty. Demonstrate strictly applies to mathematical or exact reasoning prove may be used in the same sense, but is often applied to reasoning upon matters of fact by what is called probable evidence, which can give only moral and not absolute or mathematical certainty. To argue (Latin arguo, show) is to make a matter clear by reasoning to discuss (Latin dis, apart, and quatio, shake) is, etymologically, to shake it apart for examination and analysis. Persons may contend either from mere ill will or self-interest, or from the highest motives 'That ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints,' Jude 3. To reason is to examine by means of the reason, to prove by reasoning, or to influence or seek to influence others by reasoning or reasons.

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