1) Conclusion 2) Proposition 1) Logic 
• (n.) The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.
Ra`ti·oc`i·na'tion (-nā'shŭn) noun [ Latin ratiocinatio : confer French ratiocination .] The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning. 
[n] - logical and methodical reasoning
noun the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) noun logical and methodical reasoning
(Lat. ratiocinatio, reasoning) Discursive reasoning, the third act of the intellect in the Aristotelian theory of knowledge, a process of intellectual demonstration involving the use of three terms. -- V.J.B.