Conductive reasoning

Definition

Conductive reasoning weighs several independent reasons — often on both sides — to reach a verdict that no single reason could carry alone. Each reason counts on its own; remove one and the others still count; the conclusion rests on the balance.

Memory hook

“Many small reasons, weighed together.”

What it sounds like

• Taking everything together…
• On the one hand…, on the other…, and on balance…
• No one thing decides it, but it all points the same way.