Enlightenment defines reason as systematic organization of data

Evidence

Determining what is “reasonable” is closely related to the overarching process we call “reasoning,” a progression of thought based upon the logical relation between truths. … Reasoning involves recognizing a “link in actual things, that makes one thing the ground, warrant, evidence, for believing in something else.” — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 247 (#expands, via linked claim)

In contrast to Piaget’s rather psychological and biological analysis, Husserl has offered a genetic epistemology which is focused on the socio-historical structure of scientific reason. I shall here refer to Husserl’s work25 only insofar as it emphasizes the extent to which modern science is the “methodology” of a pre-given historical reality within whose universe it moves. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 600 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Reason’s apparent triumph over nature is really its obedient subjection to facts — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 45; Reason works as conscious projection that holds subject and object apart.; Scientific reason is the methodology of a pre-given historical reality. — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the…, 600 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Reasoning requires recognizing real logical connections and relationships among facts #expands (0.82) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 247
• Reason works as conscious projection that holds subject and object apart. #qualifies (0.80)
• Scientific reason is the methodology of a pre-given historical reality. #expands (0.78) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 600