As a [[formal science]], logic investigates and classifies the structure of statements and arguments, both through the study of [[formal system]]s of [[inference]] and through the study of arguments in natural language. The field of logic ranges from core topics such as the study of [[fallacies]] and [[paradox]]es, to specialized analysis of reasoning using [[probability]] and to arguments involving [[causality]]. Logic is also commonly used today in [[argumentation theory]]. J. Robert Cox and Charles Arthur Willard, eds. ''Advances in Argumentation Theory and Research'', Southern Illinois University Press, 1983 ISBN 0809310503, ISBN-13 978-0809310500 | As a [[formal science]], logic investigates and classifies the structure of statements and arguments, both through the study of [[formal system]]s of [[inference]] and through the study of arguments in natural language. The field of logic ranges from core topics such as the study of [[fallacies]] and [[paradox]]es, to specialized analysis of reasoning using [[probability]] and to arguments involving [[causality]]. Logic is also commonly used today in [[argumentation theory]]. J. Robert Cox and Charles Arthur Willard, eds. ''Advances in Argumentation Theory and Research'', Southern Illinois University Press, 1983 ISBN 0809310503, ISBN-13 978-0809310500 |