811

Logic

Scope Note

Prevailing canons and criteria of validity in thought and demonstration; prevalence of non-logical methods of reasoning (e.g., by analogy, free or mystical association, post hoc ergo propter hoc, rationalization); degree of acceptance of precise principles of definition, classification, and use of terms; notions of correct predication; formal principles of logic; development and use of symbolic or mathematical logic; etc.

Broader Term
810 Sciences And Humanities
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Use Fors
Analogy (use in reasoning)
Discourse (symbolic process)
Free association (method of reasoning)
Logic
Mathematical logic (development and use)
Mathematics (academic discipline)
Rationalization (method of reasoning)
Reasoning (nonlogical)
Reasoning (prevailing types)
Symbolic logic
Identifier
811

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