This PPT Prepared by Teacher Educator from Thiagarajar College of Preceptors -Madurai for B.Ed Trainees.

1.  Reason and Belief
By
Arthy R
Assistant Professor
Thiagarajar College of Preceptors
Madurai

2. Reason is the capacity for consciously
 making sense of things
 applying logic
establishing and verifying facts
changing or justifying practices
 institutions and beliefs
- based on new or existing information.

3.  Reason or "reasoning" is associated with thinking,
cognition, and intellect.
 Reason, like habit or intuition, is one of the ways by
which thinking comes from one idea to a related
idea.
 For example - rational beings understand
themselves to think about
 cause and effect
 truth and falsehood
 what is good or bad.

4.  It is also closely identified with the ability to
self-consciously change
 beliefs
 attitudes
 traditions
 institutions
- therefore with the capacity for freedom and
self-determination.

5. Deductive reasoning
A subdivision of Philosophy is Logic.
Logic is the study of reasoning.
 Deduction is a form of reasoning in
which a conclusion follows
necessarily from the stated
premises.
From General to Specific.

6. Inductive reasoning:
Induction is a type of logical thinking
that involves forming generalizations
based on specific experience .
By observations and facts – true or
false.
Example for analytical soft skill.
Interact with people, social
situations and ideas.

7. Inductive reasoning contrasts
strongly with deductive reasoning.
Inductive reasoning used in law
enforcement to narrow down
suspects.
Deductive reasoning used in science
to reach a hypothesis.

8. Belief is the state of mind in which a
person thinks something to be the
case
with or without there being
empirical evidence
to prove that something is the case
with factual certainty.

9.  Belief - mental representation of an
attitude positively oriented towards the
likelihood of something being true.
 In epistemology, philosophers use the term
‘belief’ to refer to personal attitudes
associated with true or false ideas and
concepts.
 ‘Belief’ does not require active
introspection and circumspection.

10.  Beliefs are important because behavior is
important and behavior depends on beliefs.
 Everything one does can be traced back to beliefs
one holds about the world — everything from
brushing teeth to career.
 Beliefs also help determine reactions to others'
behavior — for example their refusal to brush
their teeth or their own career choices.

11. All this means that beliefs are not
an entirely private matter.
 Every belief one tries to keep to
oneself may influence actions
enough to become a matter of
legitimate concern of others.