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What is Logic?

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What is Logic?
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RE: What is Logic?
September 10, 2010 at 7:16 pm (This post was last modified: September 10, 2010 at 7:17 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:The only subject for which logic alone is of use is in Mathematics. If we extend logic alone being used to describe Life, the Universe and Everything, we have Philosophy (I would include Theology

Formal logic is also a distinct area of philosophy. It may be based on axioms or theorems.

Perhaps do some research on the discipline of logic.I think your view may be a smidge simplistic.



Quote:In formal logic, a formal system (also called a logical calculus[citation needed]) consists of a formal language and a set of inference rules, used to derive (to conclude) an expression from one or more other premises that are antecedently supposed (axioms) or derived (theorems). The axioms and rules may be called a deductive apparatus. A formal system may be formulated and studied for its intrinsic properties, or it may be intended as a description (i.e. a model) of external phenomena.

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What is Logic?

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What is Logic? - by chris - September 10, 2010 at 6:19 pm
RE: What is Logic? - by padraic - September 10, 2010 at 7:16 pm
RE: What is Logic? - by Watson - September 10, 2010 at 7:21 pm

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