Discursive vs Ratiocinative - What's the difference?
discursive | ratiocinative |
(of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
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(philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
Pertaining to or characterized by ratiocination, discursive thinking, or inferential knowledge.
* 1888 , H.P. Blavatsky,The Secret Doctrine, Vol I , Theosophical University Press, page 1:
* 1957 , Lawrence Durrell, Justine , Faber, page 80:
As adjectives the difference between discursive and ratiocinative
is that discursive is (of speech or writing) tending to digress from the main point; rambling while ratiocinative is pertaining to or characterized by ratiocination, discursive thinking, or inferential knowledge.discursive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
Derived terms
* counterdiscursiveSee also
* discourse ----ratiocinative
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Only those who realise how far Intuition soars above the tardy processes of ratiocinative thought can form the faintest conception