Reasoning requires recognizing real logical connections and relationships among facts

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

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 247
• XREF: connects to: The ability to study law depends on recognizing logical connections in cases — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 210; Permissible jury inferences require a logical probability connecting basic facts to ultimate facts — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 217; Logic tests the validity of propositions after value judgments drive decisions — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 95 (+17 more)

Library Connections

• Logic tests the validity of propositions after value judgments drive decisions #complicates (0.70) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 95

Broader Connections

• Analogical reasoning can operate as an intuitive particular-to-particular leap without a conscious rule #qualifies (0.55) — Frederick Schauer, Thinking Like a Lawyer, 183