- published: 31 Oct 2008
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A reason is a consideration which justifies or explains.
Reasons are what people appeal to when making arguments about what people should do or believe. (Those are reasons in the normative sense.) For example, the fact that a doctor's patient is grimacing is a reason to believe the patient is in pain. The fact that the patient is in pain is a reason for the doctor to do things to alleviate the pain.
In another sense of the term, reasons are explanations of why things happened. (These are reasons in the explanatory sense.) For example, the reason the patient is in pain is that her nerves are sending signals from her tissues to her brain.
A reason, in many cases, is brought up by the question "why?", and answered following the word "because." Additionally, words and phrases like: since, due to, as, considering (that), a result (of), and in order to, for example, all serve as explanatory locutions that precede the reason to which they refer.
Can't you hear me awaitning
Listen to the sounds of your mind
And everything I've been saying
Don't you see or are you blind?
These are the reasons- Take a look around
Another season- all the things you've found
These are the reasons- lying on the ground
Hear me call your name
All the things I say
Can't you see me walking
I'm trying to find my way to you
And all the things I've been saying
Are from my heart tried and true
These are the reasoons- Take a look around
Another season- all the things you've found
These are the reasons- lying on the ground
Hear me call your name