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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Article title updated for style. | Nov 04, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Atlantic Canada Pressbooks Network - Applied Ethics Primer - Reason and Argument. | Oct 30, 2026 | ||
| Media added. | Dec 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: StateUniversity.com - Learning - Reasoning. | Feb 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Medicine, emotience, and reason. | Nov 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: College of DuPage Digital Press - Introduction to Psychology - Thinking, Reasoning, and Problem-Solving. | Mar 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Reasons for Action: Justification, Motivation, Explanation. | Jan 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Open Library Publishing Platform - Thinking, Reasoning, Relating - History of Reasoning. | Sep 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pressbooks - Inductive and deductive reasoning. | Aug 04, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Apr 19, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Atlantic Canada Pressbooks Network - Applied Ethics Primer - Reason and Argument. | Mar 15, 2023 | ||
| Added new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Faith: Historical Perspectives. | Jul 03, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Catholic Encyclopedia - Reason. | Apr 16, 2007 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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