'Logic' definitions:
Definition of 'logic'
From: WordNet
noun
The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
noun
Reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"
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
A system of reasoning [syn: logic, logical system, system of logic]
Definition of 'Logic'
From: GCIDE
- Logic \Log"ic\, n. [OE. logike, F. logique, L. logica, logice, Gr. logikh` (sc. te`chnh), fr. logiko`s belonging to speaking or reason, fr. lo`gos speech, reason, le`gein to say, speak. See Legend.]
- 1. 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; the science of correct reasoning. [1913 Webster]
- Logic is the science of the laws of thought, as thought; that is, of the necessary conditions to which thought, considered in itself, is subject. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Logic is distinguished as pure and applied. "Pure logic is a science of the form, or of the formal laws, of thinking, and not of the matter. Applied logic teaches the application of the forms of thinking to those objects about which men do think." --Abp. Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A treatise on logic; as, Mill's Logic. [1913 Webster]
- 3. correct reasoning; as, I can't see any logic in his argument; also, sound judgment; as, the logic of surrender was uncontestable. [PJC]
- 4. The path of reasoning used in any specific argument; as, his logic was irrefutable. [PJC]
- 5. (Electronics, Computers) A function of an electrical circuit (called a gate) that mimics certain elementary binary logical operations on electrical signals, such as AND, OR, or NOT; as, a logic circuit; the arithmetic and logic unit. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'logic'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admissibility,
- aesthetics,
- algebra of classes,
- algebra of relations,
- Aristotelian logic,
- axiology,
- Boolean algebra,
- casuistry,
- common sense,
- cosmology,
- deduction,
- dialectic,
- dialectics,
- doctrine of inference,
- doctrine of terms,
- epistemological logic,
- epistemology,
- ethics,
- experimental logic,
- first philosophy,
- formal logic,
- gnosiology,
- good sense,
- intelligence,
- judiciousness,
- justifiability,
- justness,
- logicality,
- logicalness,
- logics,
- logistic,
- material logic,
- mathematical logic,
- mental philosophy,
- metaphysics,
- moral philosophy,
- ontology,
- phenomenology,
- philosophastry,
- philosophic doctrine,
- philosophic system,
- philosophic theory,
- philosophical inquiry,
- philosophical speculation,
- philosophy,
- plausibility,
- practicality,
- presence of mind,
- propositional calculus,
- psychological logic,
- psychologism,
- Ramistic logic,
- ratiocination,
- rationality,
- reason,
- reasonability,
- reasonableness,
- reasoning,
- school of philosophy,
- school of thought,
- science of being,
- sense,
- sensibleness,
- set theory,
- sophistry,
- sound sense,
- soundness,
- sweet reason,
- theory of beauty,
- theory of knowledge,
- value theory,
- wisdom
Words containing 'Logic'
- Logical,
- Logicality,
- Logically,
- Logicalness,
- Logics,
- logicism,
- Logical impossibility,
- Logical induction,
- To chop logic,
- alethic logic,
- aristotelian logic,
- boolean logic,
- chop logic,
- deontic logic,
- doxastic logic,
- epistemic logic,
- formal logic,
- fuzzy logic,
- logic bomb,
- logic chopping,
- logic diagram,
- logic element,
- logic gate,
- logic operation,
- logic programing,
- logic programming,
- logical argument,
- logical diagram,
- logical fallacy,
- logical implication,
- logical operation,
- logical positivism,
- logical positivist,
- logical proof,
- logical quantifier,
- logical relation,
- logical system,
- logical thinking,
- logical topology,
- mathematical logic,
- modal logic,
- propositional logic,
- symbolic logic,
- system of logic,
- Chop-logic