reasoning

A reasoning episode — inference as it unfolds in time, drawing a conclusion from premises. The occurrent face of a gmeow:InferenceProcess (inference slice).

Structure

Types: gmeow:MentalProcessType

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:processReasoning as a controlled value typed as gmeow:MentalProcessType.

Example Snippets

These snippets are generated from canonical slice examples and trimmed to the Turtle blocks where this term appears.

Mental Timeline

@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/mentation/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .



ex:solvingTheProof a gmeow:MentalProcess ;
    rdfs:label "Ada's reasoning through the proof of QED"@en ;
    gmeow:experiencer ex:ada ;
    gmeow:mentalProcessType gmeow:processReasoning ;      # an inference episode unfolding in time
    gmeow:eventTime "2026-06-15T09:30:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime ;
    gmeow:eventTemporalFrame gmeow:temporalFrameUTCGregorian ;
    gmeow:producesMentalMoment ex:beliefQEDholds .         # creation: reasoning brings this NEW belief into being

Abduction

@prefix gmeow: <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/> .
@prefix ex:    <https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/examples/inference/> .
@prefix rdfs:  <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
@prefix xsd:   <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .



# --- The occurrent reasoning episode (perdurant) ---------------------------- #
ex:diagnosticReasoning a gmeow:InferenceProcess ;
    rdfs:label "The clinician's diagnostic reasoning episode"@en ;
    gmeow:experiencer ex:clinician ;                          # functional: one episode, one reasoner
    gmeow:mentalProcessType gmeow:processReasoning ;          # the canonical occurrent marker (no eventTypeInference)
    gmeow:eventTime "2026-06-15T10:05:00Z"^^xsd:dateTime ;
    gmeow:eventTemporalFrame gmeow:temporalFrameUTCGregorian ;
    gmeow:hasInferenceCommitment ex:abductiveCommitment ;     # occurrent -> endurant bridge
    gmeow:producesMentalMoment ex:beliefInfluenza .           # production: reasoning creates this new belief (a MentalMoment)

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:MentalProcessType