Wikipedia
Wikipedia articles are written by thousands of anonymous people who edit each
other's contributions. These articles tend to be short and explain the broad
spectrum of each subject. By following links to related subjects, one can spend
hours and hours on the giant wikipedia web site!
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Wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic
This is a broad overview of all the different subjects in logic. You need
some knowledge of logic to understand what they're talking about in this
article.
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Wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_logic
This is the story of how logic developed from ancient times, through
Aristotle and Islamic thought, and into the Enlightenment.
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Wikipedia.org/wiki/Deductive_reasoning
Reasoning that starts with premises and finishes with a conclusion that
necessarily follows from those premises.
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Wikipedia.org/wiki/Inductive_reasoning
Reasoning that starts with evidence and finishes with a conclusion that is
not necessarily true, but is probably true.
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Wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_logic
We don't normally use formal logic in our everyday lives. Informal logic is
the study of how to improve everyday reasoning.
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Wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking
Critical thinking is popular term that is related to informal logic. Classes
in critical thinking are often taught in college to help students make good
decisions and become less gullible.
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Wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentation_theory
This is the science of debate, dialogue, conversation, and persuasion.
- Wikipedia.org/wiki/Syllogism A syllogism consists of three parts: the major premise, the minor premise, and the conclusion.
- Wikipedia.org/wiki/Organon "The Organon" is the name of Aristotle's six works on logic.
- Wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_logic Usually divided into two sub fields, propositional logic and predicate
logic.
- Wikipedia.org/wiki/Propositional_calculus If you can understand this stuff, you're very smart and should probably
start a career in computer programing or astrophysics.
- Wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicate_logic Predicate logic is the generic term for symbolic formal systems like first-order logic, second-order logic, many-sorted logic or infinitary
logic.
- Wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal_logic Modal logic is any system of formal logic that attempts to deal with modalities.
Logical Fallacies
Christian Logic
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Logic
in Apologetics – Unbelievers use logic, and we can turn discussions with
them around by showing how the their logic is inconsistent, or that it
begins with the wrong premises.
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Critical
Thinking and Logic is an article by Doug Wilson on the difference
between humanistic critical thinking skills and Christian logic.
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