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Please provide a definition of reasoning.

Reasoning is the manipulation and transformation of symbols (i.e. stand-ins for real objects) by well-defined rules, often with the object to find equivalences or other classes of relationships between seemingly unrelated things.

For example, logical reasoning is applying common logical transformations to propositions to determine the truth relationship between different statements. Spatial reasoning is applying spatial transformations (rotation, translation, sometimes slight deformation) to shapes to determine their spatial relationship, such "can I fit this couch through that doorway if I rotate it in some way?"

Reasoning has the property that a valid reasoning applied to true data always produces a correct answer.