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Nature of Logic to Critical Thinking
Nature of Logic to Critical Thinking
Logic is the activity of drawing inferences (conclusions) from a body of information, and then no doubt humans have been using logic for as long as they have been thinking, or at least consciously thinking. ... Nor is there any particular reason to suppose that the logic of these primitives was primitive logic-- that is, they probably drew logically correct conclusions from their data about as often as folks do nowadays.
On the other hand, if we take Logic to be the analysis of concepts involved in making inferences, and the identification of standards and patterns of correct inference, Logic can be traced only back to the days of Aristotle (350 years B. ... Its not clear that this increase in logical self-consciousness improved the accuracy of reasoning processes for humankind in general, but knowing what Aristotle knew about logic can definitely help you be a better reasoner.
Approximate Word count = 683
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