Logicless vs. Logic

Logiclessadjective

Without logic; alogical or illogical.

Logicadjective

logical

Logicnoun

(uncountable) A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method.

Logicnoun

The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration.

Logicnoun

The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements.

Logicnoun

A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics.

Logicnoun

(uncountable) Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person.

Logicnoun

(uncountable) The part of a system (usually electronic) that performs the boolean logic operations, short for logic gates or logic circuit.

Logicverb

To engage in excessive or inappropriate application of logic.

Logicverb

(transitive) To apply logical reasoning to.

Logicverb

(transitive) To overcome by logical argument.

Logicnoun

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.

Logicnoun

A treatise on logic; as, Mill's Logic.

Logicnoun

correct reasoning; as, I can't see any logic in his argument; also, sound judgment; as, the logic of surrender was uncontestable.

Logicnoun

The path of reasoning used in any specific argument; as, his logic was irrefutable.

Logicnoun

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.

Logicnoun

the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

Logicnoun

reasoned and reasonable judgment;

Logicnoun

the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation;

Logicnoun

a system of reasoning

Logic

Logic (from Greek: λογική, logikḗ, 'possessed of reason, intellectual, dialectical, argumentative') is the systematic study of valid rules of inference, i.e. the relations that lead to the acceptance of one proposition (the conclusion) on the basis of a set of other propositions (premises).