Reasoning

American Sentinel University The Use of Clinical Reasoning in Advanced Physical Assessment The advancement of medicine, complexity of diseases, and the nurses’ ability in becoming increasingly autonomous, requires nurses to be prompt in solving problems. The expectations of the health care industry and society of shortened hospital stay, the need for nurses to do more in less time, and the overall intensity of the nursing care provided to patients continues to affect how nurses think and…

The deductive reasoning works at best when the statements used in the argument are true and the statements in the argument clearly follow from one another. The essence of deductive reasoning is drawing a conclusion from a given statement. If the given statement follows a conclusion from a hypothesis, then it is called valid deductive reasoning or the Law of Detachment. Law of Detachment If a⇒b is a true conditional statement and a is true, then b is true. Example 3.16: If ∠A and ∠B are…

Empirical information regarding the world is gathered by use of inductive reasoning. This inductive reasoning is defined, not with validity like deductive reasoning , but with the likelihood of the conclusion occurring (Béziau, 2005). In other words, inductive arguments gather from instances of evidence to formulate the likelihood of the occurrence of a conclusion that is much larger in scope than the body of evidence that supports it. Consequently, inductive arguments are said to make…

Hume. Inductive inference is a form of reasoning that allows a conclusion to be reached by looking at past experiences. To recognize what disturbs Hume, it is important to understand what deductive and inductive reasoning are. When reasoning moves from the general to the particular, it is often referred to as deductive reasoning. Deductive reasoning is a way of knowing through the conclusion that is drawn from the premises. Inductive reasoning is when reasoning moves from the particular to the…

doubting his previous tactics because they haven’t worked and makes an argument for a much better alternative. As a result, through his own reasoning, this student has decided to stop studying for tests and just have his laptop read aloud the chapters as he sleeps. Many people would look at this student and think he is completely irrational, however, his reasoning makes complete sense in his own head. Logic has always been a flexible concept when it comes expressing evidence towards an argument.…

Our textbook, Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric, explains that two of the three conditions for cogent reasoning require us to examine our background beliefs (Cavender and Kahane 15). One of the places that we can develop these beliefs is from groups that we are loyal to. Therefore we must investigate how loyalty affects our reasoning if we want to reason cogently. But first we must understand what loyalty is. Loyalty is an idea that most of us know, but couldn’t define without saying the word…

superior over instinct because instinct can lead to moral injustices like torture and punishment, you can think of a better strategy before you do something, and it is the main thing that separates our species from other animals. The first reason why reasoning is superior…

A.)Descartes becomes discontent with his entire education because he is still questioning things after he has reached the “ranks of the learned” (3). He believed that through education he could achieve a sound and affirmed intelligence of everything that is useful in life, but despite going through the process of “teaching myself” (3), he was still confused on certain things. “I have been nourished on letters since my childhood, and because I was convinced that by means of them one could acquire…

Deductive reasoning is a logical process in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true.* A master of this art is none other than Sherlock Holmes, the brilliant detective from Arthur Conan Doyle’s mystery story “The Red-Headed League”. In this story, a job is given to Holmes by Jabez Wilson, a pawn shop owner. Wilson explains to Holmes he was a part of The Red-Headed League because of his fiery red hair, but it was abruptly suspended…

Deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning are both important processes used when conducting research of any kind. Most often, the two are used in combination when conducting research and drawing conclusions from the results. It is important to learn the meaning of both inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning. Deductive reasoning is considered to be the standard for scientific research. Using this method, one begins with a theory and hypotheses, then conducts research in order to test…