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All my sons are slim. No child of mine is healthy who takes no exercise. All gluttons who are children of mine are fat. No daughter of mine takes any exercise.4 The origin of the word logic is the Ancient Greek: λογική, logike. It is the study of valid reasoning.5 To be logical is the goal of philosophers, mathematicians, scientists and others. To accuse someone of being illogical is a great put-down. However, logic is not restricted to essential ideas.
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Nowlan, R.A. (2017). Logical Nonsense. In: Masters of Mathematics. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-893-8_17
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