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Six example sentences with logic, each labelled with its topic.
A first course in logic teaches students to test whether a conclusion truly follows from the premises they accepted.
Philosophy
Compilers apply formal logic to prove that a loop cannot run past the end of an array.
Technology
The puzzle rewards logic rather than reflexes: three switches, one rule, and only one arrangement that opens the gate.
Gaming
Medieval universities put logic at the heart of the curriculum, and students disputed syllogisms for years before studying law.
History
Lewis Carroll wrote a playful textbook of logic, and its syllogisms about babies and crocodiles still appear in puzzle books.
Literature
Psychologists borrow puzzles from formal logic to show how far everyday reasoning drifts from valid inference.
Psychology
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