Reasoning is a separate process from the acquisition of new knowledge... Reasoning is the organisation of information into coherent forms.
That's a narrow idea of reasoning, considering that it leaves out most forms of problem-solving. What other ways of processing information do you have in mind when you say that reasoning is just as ad-hoc and random as the others?
As for clarity, realization, and inspiration (what would you call them?), the amount of reasoning they're met with is secondary and aren't what makes them special to me.
Sure, if I don't meet you on AIM tonight, I'll send you an email.
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Date: 2005-06-24 04:48 pm (UTC)That's a narrow idea of reasoning, considering that it leaves out most forms of problem-solving. What other ways of processing information do you have in mind when you say that reasoning is just as ad-hoc and random as the others?
As for clarity, realization, and inspiration (what would you call them?), the amount of reasoning they're met with is secondary and aren't what makes them special to me.
Sure, if I don't meet you on AIM tonight, I'll send you an email.