induction vs reason

induction

noun
  • An act of inducing. 

  • Derivation of general principles from specific instances. 

  • A method of proof of a theorem by first proving it for a specific case (often an integer; usually 0 or 1) and showing that, if it is true for one case then it must be true for the next. 

  • An act of inducting. 

  • The process of inducing the birth process. 

  • The delivery of air to the cylinders of an internal combustion piston engine. 

  • Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field. 

  • A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service. 

  • The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study. 

  • Use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot of a play or to narrate in a way that does not have to state truth nor fact within the play. 

  • Given a group of cells that emits or displays a substance, the influence of this substance on the fate of a second group of cells 

reason

noun
  • A motive for an action or a determination. 

  • That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause. 

  • An excuse: a thought or a consideration offered in support of a determination or an opinion; that which is offered or accepted as an explanation. 

  • A premise placed after its conclusion. 

  • Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition. 

verb
  • To support with reasons, as a request. 

  • To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss. 

  • To persuade by reasoning or argument. 

  • To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument. 

  • To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational 

  • To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons. 

  • To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue. 

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