recollection-guided reasoning

noun phrase
UK /ˌrekəˈlekʃən ˈɡaɪdɪd ˈriːzənɪŋ/
US /ˌrekəˈlekʃən ˈɡaɪdɪd ˈriːzənɪŋ/

Thinking that uses things you remember to help you figure out an answer.

Using recollection-guided reasoning, she remembered last winter's storms and decided to pack an umbrella.

SYNONYMS

memory-based reasoningrecall-driven thinkingremembered-evidence reasoningretrieval-guided inference

RELATED WORDS

recollectionrecallmemoryinferenceheuristic

OTHER MEANINGS

2. A problem-solving method in which past experiences are retrieved to shape a current judgment.

The detective's recollection-guided reasoning led him back to a case he had solved years before.

3. In psychology, reasoning that depends on episodic memory rather than on new external information.

Participants relied on recollection-guided reasoning when the new data were ambiguous.

4. An AI approach where stored cases are recalled to guide decisions about a new situation.

The system used recollection-guided reasoning to match the new patient's symptoms with earlier records.