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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to logic:

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Logic is the formal science of using reason and is considered a branch of both philosophy and mathematics. Logic investigates and classifies the structure of statements and arguments, both through the study of formal systems of inference and through the study of arguments in natural language. The scope of logic can therefore be very large, ranging from core topics such as the study of fallacies and paradoxes, to specialized analyses of reasoning such as probability, correct reasoning, and arguments involving causality. One of the aims of logic is to identify the correct (or valid) and incorrect (or fallacious) inferences. Logicians study the criteria for the evaluation of arguments.

Foundations of logic

  • Analytic-synthetic distinction
  • Antinomy
  • A priori and a posteriori
  • Definition
  • Description
  • Entailment
  • Identity (philosophy)
  • Inference
  • Logical form
  • Logical implication
  • Logical truth
  • Logical consequence
  • Name
  • Necessity
  • Material conditional
  • Meaning (linguistic)
  • Meaning (non-linguistic)
  • Paradox  (list)
  • Possible world
  • Presupposition
  • Probability
  • Quantification
  • Reason
  • Reasoning
  • Reference
  • Semantics
  • Strict conditional
  • Syntax (logic)
  • Truth
  • Truth value
  • Validity
  • Philosophical logic

    Philosophical logic –

    Informal logic and critical thinking

    Informal logic – Critical thinking – Argumentation theory –

  • Argument –
  • Argument map –
  • Accuracy and precision –
  • Ad hoc hypothesis –
  • Ambiguity –
  • Analysis –
  • Attacking Faulty Reasoning –
  • Belief –
  • Belief bias –
  • Bias –
  • Cogency –
  • Cognitive bias –
  • Confirmation bias –
  • Credibility –
  • Critical pedagogy –
  • Critical reading –
  • Decidophobia –
  • Decision making –
  • Dispositional and occurrent belief –
  • Emotional reasoning –
  • Evidence –
  • Expert –
  • Explanation –
  • Explanatory power –
  • Fact –
  • Fallacy –
  • Higher-order thinking –
  • Inquiry –
  • Interpretive discussion –
  • Narrative logic –
  • Occam's razor –
  • Opinion –
  • Practical syllogism –
  • Precision questioning –
  • Propaganda –
  • Propaganda techniques –
  • Prudence –
  • Pseudophilosophy –
  • Reasoning –
  • Relevance –
  • Rhetoric –
  • Rigour –
  • Socratic questioning –
  • Source credibility –
  • Source criticism –
  • Theory of justification –
  • Topical logic –
  • Vagueness –
  • Theories of deduction

  • Anti-psychologism
  • Conceptualism
  • Constructivism
  • Conventionalism
  • Counterpart theory
  • Deflationary theory of truth
  • Dialetheism
  • Fictionalism
  • Formalism (philosophy)
  • Game theory
  • Illuminationist philosophy
  • Logical atomism
  • Logical holism
  • Logicism
  • Modal fictionalism
  • Nominalism
  • Object theory
  • Polylogism
  • Pragmatism
  • Preintuitionism
  • Proof theory
  • Psychologism
  • Ramism
  • Semantic theory of truth
  • Sophism
  • Trivialism
  • Ultrafinitism
  • Fallacies

  • Fallacy  (list) – incorrect argumentation in reasoning resulting in a misconception or presumption. By accident or design, fallacies may exploit emotional triggers in the listener or interlocutor (appeal to emotion), or take advantage of social relationships between people (e.g. argument from authority). Fallacious arguments are often structured using rhetorical patterns that obscure any logical argument. Fallacies can be used to win arguments regardless of the merits. There are dozens of types of fallacies.
  • Formal logic

  • Formal logic – Mathematical logic, symbolic logic and formal logic are largely, if not completely synonymous. The essential feature of this field is the use of formal languages to express the ideas whose logical validity is being studied.
  • List of mathematical logic topics
  • Logical symbols

  • Logical variables
  • Propositional variable
  • Predicate variable
  • Literal
  • Metavariable
  • Logical constants
  • Logical connective
  • Quantifier
  • Identity
  • Brackets
  • Logical connectives

    Logical connective –

  • Converse implication –
  • Converse nonimplication –
  • Exclusive or –
  • Logical NOR –
  • Logical biconditional –
  • Logical conjunction –
  • Logical disjunction –
  • Material implication –
  • Material nonimplication –
  • Negation –
  • Sheffer stroke –
  • Strings of symbols

  • Atomic formula
  • Open sentence
  • Types of propositions

  • Analytic proposition
  • Axiom
  • Atomic sentence
  • Clause (logic)
  • Contingent proposition
  • Contradiction
  • Logical truth
  • Propositional formula
  • Rule of inference
  • Sentence (mathematical logic)
  • Sequent
  • Statement (logic)
  • Tautology
  • Theorem
  • Rules of inference

    Rule of inference  (list)

  • Biconditional elimination
  • Biconditional introduction
  • Case analysis
  • Commutativity of conjunction
  • Conjunction introduction
  • Constructive dilemma
  • Contraposition (traditional logic)
  • Conversion (logic)
  • De Morgan's laws
  • Destructive dilemma
  • Disjunction elimination
  • Disjunction introduction
  • Disjunctive syllogism
  • Double negative elimination
  • Generalization (logic)
  • Hypothetical syllogism
  • Law of excluded middle
  • Law of identity
  • Modus ponendo tollens
  • Modus ponens
  • Modus tollens
  • Obversion
  • Principle of contradiction
  • Resolution (logic)
  • Simplification
  • Transposition (logic)
  • Formal theories

  • Formal proof
  • List of first-order theories
  • Expressions in an object language

  • Symbol
  • Formula
  • Formal system
  • Theorem
  • Formal proof
  • Theory
  • Expressions in a metalanguage

  • Metalinguistic variable
  • Deductive system
  • Metatheorem
  • Metatheory
  • Interpretation
  • Propositional logic

  • Absorption law
  • Clause (logic)
  • Deductive closure
  • Entailment
  • Formation rule
  • Functional completeness
  • Intermediate logic
  • Literal (mathematical logic)
  • Logical connective
  • Logical consequence
  • Negation normal form
  • Open sentence
  • Propositional calculus
  • Propositional formula
  • Propositional variable
  • Rule of inference
  • Strict conditional
  • Substitution instance
  • Truth table
  • Zeroth-order logic
  • Boolean logic

  • Boolean algebra   (list)
  • Boolean logic
  • Boolean algebra (structure)
  • Boolean algebras canonically defined
  • Introduction to Boolean algebra
  • Complete Boolean algebra
  • Free Boolean algebra
  • Monadic Boolean algebra
  • Residuated Boolean algebra
  • Two-element Boolean algebra
  • Modal algebra
  • Derivative algebra (abstract algebra)
  • Relation algebra
  • Absorption law
  • Laws of Form
  • De Morgan's laws
  • Algebraic normal form
  • Canonical form (Boolean algebra)
  • Boolean conjunctive query
  • Boolean-valued model
  • Boolean domain
  • Boolean expression
  • Boolean ring
  • Boolean function
  • Boolean-valued function
  • Parity function
  • Symmetric Boolean function
  • Conditioned disjunction
  • Field of sets
  • Functional completeness
  • Implicant
  • Logic alphabet
  • Logic redundancy
  • Logical connective
  • Logical matrix
  • Minimal negation operator
  • Product term
  • True quantified Boolean formula
  • Truth table
  • Predicate logic

  • Atomic formula
  • Atomic sentence
  • Domain of discourse
  • Empty domain
  • Extension (predicate logic)
  • First-order logic
  • First-order predicate
  • Formation rule
  • Free variables and bound variables
  • Generalization (logic)
  • Monadic predicate calculus
  • Predicate (mathematical logic)
  • Predicate logic
  • Predicate variable
  • Quantification
  • Second-order predicate
  • Sentence (mathematical logic)
  • Universal instantiation
  • (ε, δ)-definition of limit
  • Relations

  • Finitary relation
  • Antisymmetric relation
  • Asymmetric relation
  • Bijection
  • Bijection, injection and surjection
  • Binary relation
  • Composition of relations
  • Concurrent relation
  • Congruence relation
  • Coreflexive relation
  • Covering relation
  • Cyclic order
  • Dense relation
  • Dependence relation
  • Dependency relation
  • Directed set
  • Equivalence relation
  • Euclidean relation
  • Homogeneous relation
  • Idempotence
  • Intransitivity
  • Inverse relation
  • Involutive relation
  • Partial equivalence relation
  • Partial function
  • Partially ordered set
  • Preorder
  • Prewellordering
  • Propositional function
  • Quasitransitive relation
  • Reflexive relation
  • Surjective function
  • Symmetric relation
  • Ternary relation
  • Total relation
  • Transitive relation
  • Trichotomy (mathematics)
  • Well-founded relation
  • Mathematical logic

    Mathematical logic –

    Set theory

    Set theory  (list) –

  • Aleph null
  • Bijection, injection and surjection
  • Binary set
  • Cantor's diagonal argument
  • Cantor's first uncountability proof
  • Cantor's theorem
  • Cardinality of the continuum
  • Cardinal number
  • Codomain
  • Complement (set theory)
  • Continuum hypothesis
  • Countable set
  • Decidable set
  • Denumerable set
  • Disjoint sets
  • Disjoint union
  • Domain of a function
  • Effective enumeration
  • Element (mathematics)
  • Empty function
  • Empty set
  • Enumeration
  • Extensionality
  • Finite set
  • Function (mathematics)
  • Function composition
  • Generalized continuum hypothesis
  • Index set
  • Infinite set
  • Intension
  • Intersection (set theory)
  • Inverse function
  • Löwenheim–Skolem theorem
  • Map (mathematics)
  • Multiset
  • Naïve set theory
  • Non-Cantorian set theory
  • One-to-one correspondence
  • Ordered pair
  • Partition of a set
  • Pointed set
  • Power set
  • Projection (set theory)
  • Proper subset
  • Proper superset
  • Range (mathematics)
  • Russell's paradox
  • Sequence (mathematics)
  • Set (mathematics)
  • Set of all sets
  • Simple theorems in the algebra of sets
  • Singleton (mathematics)
  • Skolem paradox
  • Subset
  • Superset
  • Tuple
  • Uncountable set
  • Union (set theory)
  • Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory
  • Metalogic

    Metalogic – The study of the metatheory of logic.

  • Completeness (logic)
  • Syntax (logic)
  • Consistency
  • Decidability (logic)
  • Deductive system
  • Interpretation (logic)
  • Cantor's theorem
  • Church's theorem
  • Church's thesis
  • Effective method
  • Formal system
  • Gödel's completeness theorem
  • Gödel's first incompleteness theorem
  • Gödel's second incompleteness theorem
  • Independence (mathematical logic)
  • Logical consequence
  • Löwenheim-Skolem theorem
  • Metalanguage
  • Metasyntactic variable
  • Metatheorem
  • Object language
  • Symbol (formal)
  • Type-token distinction
  • Use–mention distinction
  • Well-formed formula
  • Proof theory

    Proof theory – The study of deductive apparatus.

  • Axiom
  • Deductive system
  • Formal proof
  • Formal system
  • Formal theorem
  • Syntactic consequence
  • Syntax (logic)
  • Transformation rules
  • Model theory

    Model theory – The study of interpretation of formal systems.

  • Interpretation (logic)
  • Logical validity
  • Non-standard model
  • Normal model
  • Model
  • Semantic consequence
  • Truth value
  • Computability theory

    Computability theory – branch of mathematical logic that originated in the 1930s with the study of computable functions and Turing degrees. The field has grown to include the study of generalized computability and definability. The basic questions addressed by recursion theory are "What does it mean for a function from the natural numbers to themselves to be computable?" and "How can noncomputable functions be classified into a hierarchy based on their level of noncomputability?". The answers to these questions have led to a rich theory that is still being actively researched.

  • Alpha recursion theory
  • Arithmetical set
  • Church–Turing thesis
  • Computability logic
  • Computable function
  • Computation
  • Decision problem
  • Effective method
  • Entscheidungsproblem
  • Enumeration
  • Forcing (recursion theory)
  • Halting problem
  • History of the Church–Turing thesis
  • Lambda calculus
  • List of undecidable problems
  • Post correspondence problem
  • Post's theorem
  • Primitive recursive function
  • Recursion (computer science)
  • Recursive language
  • Recursive languages and sets
  • Recursive set
  • Recursively enumerable language
  • Recursively enumerable set
  • Reduction (recursion theory)
  • Turing machine
  • Classical logic

    Classical logic –

  • Properties of classical logics:
  • Law of the excluded middle
  • Double negative elimination
  • Law of noncontradiction
  • Principle of explosion
  • Monotonicity of entailment
  • Idempotency of entailment
  • Commutativity of conjunction
  • De Morgan duality – every logical operator is dual to another
  • Term logic
  • General concepts in classical logic
  • Baralipton
  • Baroco
  • Bivalence
  • Boolean logic
  • Boolean-valued function
  • Categorical proposition
  • Distribution of terms
  • End term
  • Enthymeme
  • Immediate inference
  • Law of contraries
  • Logical connective
  • Major term
  • Middle term
  • Minor term
  • Organon
  • Polysyllogism
  • Port-Royal Logic
  • Premise
  • Prior Analytics
  • Relative term
  • Sorites paradox
  • Square of opposition
  • Sum of Logic
  • Syllogism
  • Tetralemma
  • Truth function
  • Non-classical logic

    Non-classical logic – Deviant logic –

  • Computability logic –
  • Fuzzy logic –
  • Linear logic –
  • Decision theory –
  • Game theory –
  • Probability theory –
  • Affine logic –
  • Bunched logic –
  • Description logic –
  • Free logic –
  • Intensional logic –
  • Intuitionistic logic –
  • Many-valued logic –
  • Minimal logic –
  • Noncommutative logic –
  • Non-monotonic logic –
  • Paraconsistent logic –
  • Quantum logic –
  • Relevance logic –
  • Strict logic –
  • Substructural logic –
  • Modal logic –

  • Alethic logic –
  • Axiological logic –
  • Deontic logic –
  • Doxastic logic –
  • Epistemic logic –
  • Temporal logic –
  • Concepts of logic

  • Deductive reasoning –
  • Inductive reasoning –
  • Abductive reasoning –
  • Mathematical logic –

  • Proof theory –
  • Set theory –
  • Formal system –
  • Predicate logic –
  • Predicate –
  • Higher-order logic –
  • Propositional calculus –
  • Proposition –
  • Boolean algebra –
  • Boolean logic –
  • Truth value –
  • Venn diagram –
  • Pierce's law –
  • Aristotelian logic –
  • Non-Aristotelian logic –
  • Informal logic –
  • Fuzzy logic –
  • Infinitary logic –
  • Infinity –
  • Categorical logic –
  • College logic –
  • Linear logic –
  • Metalogic –
  • Ordered logic –
  • Temporal logic –
  • Sequential logic –
  • Provability logic –
  • Interpretability logic –
  • Interpretability –
  • Quantum logic –
  • Relevant logic –
  • Consequent –
  • Affirming the consequent –
  • Antecedent –
  • Denying the antecedent –
  • Theorem –
  • Axiom –
  • Axiomatic system –
  • Axiomatization –
  • Conditional proof –
  • Invalid proof –
  • Degree of truth –
  • Truth –
  • Truth condition –
  • Truth function –
  • Double negative –
  • Double negative elimination –
  • Fallacy –
  • Existential fallacy –
  • Logical fallacy –
  • Syllogistic fallacy –
  • Type theory –
  • Game theory –
  • Game semantics –
  • Rule of inference –
  • Inference procedure –
  • Inference rule –Quantification
  • Introduction rule –
  • Law of excluded middle –
  • Law of non-contradiction –
  • Logical constant –
  • Logical connective –
  • Quantifier –
  • Logic gate –
  • Boolean Function –
  • Tautology –
  • Logical assertion –
  • Logical conditional –
  • Logical biconditional –
  • Logical equivalence –
  • Logical AND –
  • Negation –
  • Logical OR –
  • Logical NAND –
  • Logical NOR –
  • Contradiction –
  • Logicism –
  • Polysyllogism –
  • Syllogism –
  • Hypothetical syllogism –
  • Major premise –
  • Minor premise –
  • Term –
  • Singular term –
  • Major term –
  • Middle term –
  • Quantification –
  • Plural quantification –
  • Logical argument –
  • Validity –
  • Soundness –
  • Inverse (logic) –
  • Non sequitur –
  • Tolerance –
  • Satisfiability –
  • Logical language –
  • Paradox –
  • Polish notation –
  • Principia Mathematica –
  • Quod erat demonstrandum –
  • Reductio ad absurdum –
  • Rhetoric –
  • Self-reference –
  • Necessary and sufficient –
  • Sufficient condition –
  • Nonfirstorderizability –
  • Occam's Razor –
  • Socratic dialoge –
  • Socratic method –
  • Argument form –
  • Logic programming –
  • Unification –
  • Journals

  • Journal of Logic, Language and Information
  • Journal of Philosophical Logic
  • Books

  • A System of Logic
  • Attacking Faulty Reasoning
  • Begriffsschrift
  • Categories (Aristotle)
  • Charles Sanders Peirce bibliography
  • De Interpretatione
  • Gödel, Escher, Bach
  • Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy
  • Language, Truth, and Logic
  • Laws of Form
  • Linguistics and Philosophy
  • Logic Made Easy
  • Metamagical Themas
  • Minds, Machines and Gödel
  • Novum Organum
  • On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems
  • Organon
  • Philosophical Investigations
  • Philosophy of Arithmetic
  • Polish Logic
  • Port-Royal Logic
  • Posterior Analytics
  • Principia Mathematica
  • Principles of Mathematical Logic
  • Prior Analytics
  • Rhetoric (Aristotle)
  • Sophistical Refutations
  • Sum of Logic
  • The Art of Being Right
  • The Foundations of Arithmetic
  • The Logic of Scientific Discovery
  • Topics (Aristotle)
  • Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
  • What the Tortoise Said to Achilles
  • Where Mathematics Comes From
  • Logic organizations

  • Association for Symbolic Logic
  • Logicians

  • List of logicians
  • List of philosophers of language
  • References

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