Formal logic helps us build and evaluate rational arguments, which helps us to test claims, explain our reasoning, and keep discussions clear. The first step in learning formal logic is learning about ...

Clear thinking does not come naturally. It improves when you question how you process information, arguments, and decisions.

Logic studies how arguments work, and how ideas can fit together. Decision theory studies how decisions should be made, especially under uncertainty. Game theory considers how we reason strategically, ...

(4) Thought and Things, or Genetic Logic. By James Mark Baldwin. Vol. i. Functional Logic, or Genetic Theory of Knowledge. Pp. xiv + 273. (London: Swan Sonnenschein ...