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Formal logic is the study of inference with purely formal content, where the validity of an argument depends solely on its logical form rather than the meaning of its terms.
An argument is a set of statements (premises) offered as reasons to support a conclusion.
A premise is a statement in an argument that provides evidence or reasons for the conclusion.
The conclusion is the statement that the premises of an argument are intended to support or prove.
A valid argument is one where if all the premises are true, the conclusion must necessarily be true. Validity concerns logical structure, not actual truth.