Holmes used brain fatiguing processes of ratiocination.
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Ratiocination
/ɹætɪˌɒsɪˈneɪʃn̩/
Synonyms for "ratiocination" (57 found)
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abstract thoughtact of thoughtbrainworkcerebrationcogitationconceitconceptionconceptualizationconclusioncreative thoughtdeduction
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deductive reasoningdemonstrationdiscoursediscourse of reasondiscursive reasonexcogitationheadworkheavy thinkingideaideationillationimageless thoughtinductioninductive reasoninginferenceintellectionintellectual exercise
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intellectualizationjudgmentlogiclogical thoughtmental actmental labormental processmentationnoesisphilosophyproofrationalismrationalityrationalizationrationalizingreasonreasonablenessreasoningsequitursophistry
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It has been said that the principal utility of abstraction is as an instrument in ratiocination.
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But it will be apparent from the refutation of the ſecond Falſification, wherewith you charge the Author of the Letters, that theſe miſchievous conſequences are rightly drawn from the wicked principle layd down by Vaſquez [Gabriel Vásquez] in the ſame place, and accordingly, that that Jeſuit hath not done violence to the rules of ratiocination, but to thoſe of the Goſpel.
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He'd run in Debt by Diſputation, / And pay with Ratiocination. / All this by Syllogiſm, true / In Mood and Figure, he wou'd do.
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