Critical Thinking Logic

The disciplined process of analyzing, evaluating, and reasoning about information to form well-justified beliefs and decisions.

The study of valid inference and the principles of correct reasoning.

A set of statements (premises) intended to support a conclusion.

A statement offered as support for a conclusion.

The statement an argument seeks to establish.

A deductively valid argument with all true premises.

An argument whose conclusion must be true if the premises are true.

An argument where the conclusion could be false even if the premises are true.

Reasoning from general premises to a specific, necessarily true conclusion (if premises are true).

Reasoning from specific observations to a probable general conclusion.

Inference to the best available explanation.

A deductive argument with two premises and a conclusion (e.g., All A are B; all B are C; therefore all A are C).