There are a few items that might be pulled out of that definition and explored further. Reason is the capacity of consciously making sense of things, establishing and verifying facts, applying logic, and adapting or justifying practices, institutions and beliefs based on new or existing information. It is closely associated with such characteristically human activities as philosophy, science, language, mathematics, and art and is normally considered to be a distinguishing ability possessed by humans. Reason, or an aspect of it, is sometimes referred to as rationality (Wikipedia, n.d.). ![]() Wikipedia describes Reason (as a noun) the following way: The logical place to start with Reasoning (and logic is an important aspect of reason) might be with a definition of reason, and some of its associated processes. The purpose of this questionnaire was to start you thinking about how much an influence your cultural experience (where, how, and by whom you were raised and educated) may have on what you believe you “know,” and whether or not you have practiced thinking critically about what you know. You started out this unit with a Cultural Awareness questionnaire and you may begin to see places and spaces where you are less open-minded about cultural differences than you might have thought. In this unit, you are going to explore an even wider viewpoint related to Reasoning. In Unit 2, you reviewed a History of Thinking, albeit a brief and predominantly male view of that history, and you also considered a feminist point of view. There are have been many, many humans, from all cultures, that have thought about, designed, discussed, and improved the practice of reasoning over many years. ![]() Humans have been around for approximately 300,000 years, with some evidence of their capacity to reason for about 50,000 years. First, it’s arrogant to assume that this instance of a critical thinking course, or my modern view of the practice of critical thinking is the first, or first one-thousandth in history. ![]() There are a number of justifications to approach any discipline by reviewing history. Unit 3 – Part 2 – History of Reasoning History of Reasoning
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