logic
- noun
- /ˈlɑdʒɪk/
- In his essay, he explored the fundamental principles of logic and their application in everyday reasoning.
- logic textbooks
- inductive logic
- order logics
It's just Aristotle's logic doesn't cover everything that it would need to.
- It's just Aristotle's logic doesn't cover everything that it would need to.
- But what one key part is switching from predicate logic to term logic?
- They call these ethics, physics and logic.
- It's called predicate logic, or first order logic, or something like predicate calculus and so on.
Examples
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It will teach you the basics of logic, teach you about quantifiers.
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You don't need a Ph.D. in logic to spot the fallacy in my first sentence.
Academic text (1991) -
But we're going to be talking about what is the logic behind it.
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Next question moving on, where did the laws of logic come from?
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"Is faith ever a matter of logic?" he asked, just like a philosophy professor.
Fiction book (1991) -
Besides, we cannot help but question the economic logic behind this motion.
Fiction book (1998) -
Much of the human resource business is based on logic, common sense, talent, and skill.
Academic text (1990) -
In Mexico, politics have never been simple or direct, but the logic of democracy is indisputable.
Academic text (1990) -
The coherence theory refers to the consistency and internal logic of a statement.
Academic text (2012) -
The logic is valid, thus the premise is true.
Compounds
- Specialized
A small electronic circuit that gives one signal from several inputs using a simple rule
A way of thinking or arguing that uses good reasons and evidence to show something is true
- Formal
A traditional way of reasoning based on Aristotle's rules for forming conclusions
- Formal
A way of using rules to describe what people know, believe, or do not know
- Specialized
A drawing that uses symbols to show how electronic or computer parts make simple yes-or-no decisions
- Specialized
A small electronic part that makes a simple choice, like an AND or OR gate
- Specialized
A system that lets statements be partly true instead of only true or false
- Specialized
A study of sentences that are true or false using words like and, not
- Specialized
A way of using signs like letters to show the structure of arguments and statements
How Logical
Surface Forms
Etymology
Logic comes from Greek logos meaning 'word' or 'reason', and it became the name for the part of philosophy that studies correct thinking. So, logic is the subject that teaches how to make good, valid arguments.