Logic
['lɒdʒɪk] or ['lɑdʒɪk]
Definition
(noun.) reasoned and reasonable judgment; 'it made a certain kind of logic'.
(noun.) a system of reasoning.
(noun.) the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation; 'economic logic requires it'; 'by the logic of war'.
(noun.) the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations.
(noun.) the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference.
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Definition
(n.) The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic arrangement; correct reasoning.
(n.) A treatise on logic; as, Mill's Logic.
Typist: Willard
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Science of reasoning, science of the laws of thought, analysis of the process of reasoning.[2]. Dialectics, application of logical principles, applied logic.
Editor: Ramon
Definition
n. the science and art of reasoning correctly: the science of the necessary laws of thought.—adj. Log′ical according to the rules of logic: skilled in logic: discriminating.—ns. Logical′ity Log′icalness.—adv. Log′ically.—n. Logic′ian one skilled in logic.—v.i. Log′icise to argue.—Chop logic (see Chop); Deductive logic logic independent of probability or quantitative considerations; Formal logic logic regarded as a distinct science independent of matters of fact; Inductive logic the logic of scientific reasoning; Material logic logic which takes into account natural fact or phenomena as distinct from formal logic; Natural logic the natural faculty of distinguishing the true from the false: the logical doctrine applicable to natural things as opposed to the logic of faith; Pure logic the general laws of thought.
Typed by Brooke
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding. The basic of logic is the syllogism consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion—thus:
Typed by Erica
Examples
- Bare logic, however important in arranging and criticizing existing subject matter, cannot spin new subject matter out of itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- It was good logic, good, earthly, feminine logic, and if it satisfied her I certainly could pick no flaws in it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- It is not prose but poetry, at least a great part of it, and ought not to be judged by the rules of logic or the probabilities of history. Plato. The Republic.
- The big men from Machiavelli through Rousseau to Karl Marx brought history, logic, science and philosophy to prop up and strengthen their deepest desires. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- But if there is any logic about the Marxist, it should be his declared political end for which he should work without ceasing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was forced by the logic of his assumptions to attempt the complete eradication of a system that flatly denied them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The obscurities of early Greek poets arose necessarily out of the state of language and logic which existed in their age. Plato. The Republic.
- Music, astronomy, logic, and even theology, might be exploited as aids to public speech. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The facts and laws of physics, with the assistance of mathematical logic, never fail to furnish precious answers to such questions. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But the democrats adhere to the multitude of choices because logic requires them to. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The suffragist who bases a claim on the so-called logic of democracy is making the poorest possible showing for a good cause. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Therefore it is upon the logic rather than upon the crime that you should dwell. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The ancient Greek philosophy was divided into three great branches; physics, or natural philosophy; ethics, or moral philosophy; and logic. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It would be doing the girl a service, therefore, instead of an injury, if I allowed myself to be convinced by Sergeant Cuff's logic. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The very resolution to which he had wrought himself by dint of logic and honorable pride was beginning to relax under her torpedo contact. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Edited by Greg