Logic (from the Greek λογική logikē) is the philosophical study of valid reasoning. Logic is used in most intellectual activities, but is studied primarily in the disciplines of philosophy, mathematics, semantics, and computer science. It examines general forms that arguments may take, which forms are valid, and which are fallacies. In philosophy, the study of logic is applied in most major areas: metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, and ethics. ...
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- Logic is like the sword -- those who appeal to it, shall perish by it. ,
- Reason can wrestle and overthrow terror. ,
- Logic is the anatomy of thought. ,
- Reason also is choice. ,
- Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic. ,
- From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other. ,
- The logic of the world is prior to all truth and falsehood. ,
- Logic is a poor guide compared with custom. ,
- Logic works, metaphysics contemplates. ,
- Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.
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