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19 Post author: byrnema 26 May 2009 06:55PM

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Comment author: timtyler 26 May 2009 10:14:53PM 2 points [-]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reason is fairly reasonable.

Deduction, induction and Occam's razor.

Processing your sensory inputs to derive an accurate model of the world without actually performing any actions (besides what is necessary to output your results).

Reason can be considered to be one part of rationality.