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Re: Logic as a coping strategy

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#8539028 - 06/18/08 11:18 PM (18 years, 2 months ago)

I've done a good deal of studying about the word logic in the days since this thread was started.

And...

I've come to a conclusion. By definition, logic is a very hazy word which most people can morph to mean whatever they want it to mean. Even in a philosophical context, logic has several meanings... in a computer programmer's context it has yet another. Then, scientists have their own way of looking at it. There are also, several definitions which would satisfy the theologists.

In general, logic requires validity... and the origin of logic means 'Reason' or 'The art of reasoning'.

Anyway, now I am going to post the definition... so y'all can see what I am talking about.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Logic

log·ic Audio Help (lŏj'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
n.
The study of the principles of reasoning, especially of the structure of propositions as distinguished from their content and of method and validity in deductive reasoning.

A system of reasoning: Aristotle's logic.
A mode of reasoning: By that logic, we should sell the company tomorrow.
The formal, guiding principles of a discipline, school, or science.
The nonarithmetic operations performed by a computer, such as sorting, comparing, and matching, that involve yes-no decisions.
Computer circuitry.
Graphic representation of computer circuitry.
Valid reasoning: Your paper lacks the logic to prove your thesis.
The relationship between elements and between an element and the whole in a set of objects, individuals, principles, or events: There's a certain logic to the motion of rush-hour traffic.
Computer Science
The nonarithmetic operations performed by a computer, such as sorting, comparing, and matching, that involve yes-no decisions.
Computer circuitry.
Graphic representation of computer circuitry.

[Middle English, from Old French logique, from Latin logica, from Greek logikē (tekhnē), (art) of reasoning, logic, feminine of logikos, of reasoning, from logos, reason; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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