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• Practical reason — In philosophy, practical reason is the use of reason to decide how to act. This contrasts with theoretical reason (often called speculative reason), which is the use of reason to decide what to believe. For example: agents use practical reason to …   Wikipedia

• practical reason — noun 1. : reason concerned with the practical accomplishment of chosen ends contrasted with theoretical reason 2. Kantianism : the action or office of reason in matters of the will; specifically : the determination of the grounds or universal… …   Useful english dictionary

• practical reason — (in Kantian ethics) reason applied to the problem of action and choice, esp. in ethical matters. [1895 1900] * * * Rational capacity by which (rational) agents guide their conduct. In Immanuel Kant s moral philosophy, it is defined as the… …   Universalium

• Pure practical reason — is the opposite to general practical reason and appears in Immanuel Kant s Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals .It is the reason which drives actions without any sensible incentives. Human reasoning do these actions simply because those… …   Wikipedia

• Critique of Practical Reason —   Cover of 1898 English edition of the Critique of Practical Reason …   Wikipedia

• Reason — • Article discussing various definitions of the term Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Reason     Reason     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• reason, practical —    Practical reason is the human ability to decide through reflection on the appropriate course of action. Since Socrates (Plato, Protagoras 345e) many philosophers have assumed that if one knows the right course of action, one will necessarily… …   Christian Philosophy

• Reason — involves the ability to think, understand and draw conclusions in an abstract way, as in human thinking. The meaning of the word reason overlaps to a large extent with rationality and the adjective of reason in philosophical contexts is normally… …   Wikipedia

• practical — practicality, practicalness, n. /prak ti keuhl/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to practice or action: practical mathematics. 2. consisting of, involving, or resulting from practice or action: a practical application of a rule. 3. of, pertaining to, or …   Universalium

• reason — rea|son1 W1S1 [ˈri:zən] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(cause)¦ 2¦(good or fair)¦ 3 all the more reason why/to do something 4¦(good judgment)¦ 5 within reason 6 go/be beyond (all) reason 7¦(ability to think)¦ 8 no reason ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• reason — reasoner, n. /ree zeuhn/, n. 1. a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war. 2. a statement presented in justification or explanation of a belief or action. 3. the mental powers concerned with… …   Universalium