There is no statutory requirement that formal logic be adhered to during examination of patent claims. Examiners and patent practitioners are free to use a wide variety of discussion and argument ...

To persuade you, people often try to use logical fallacies (Credit: Javier Hirschfeld) When people are trying to persuade you, they sometimes reach for underhand tricks like the 'appeal to ignorance' ...

When I was in college, I remember naively signing up for a course called "Introduction to Logic." It turned out to be one of the greatest courses I have ever taken. Logic is the basis for philosophy, ...

We’re always pleased when our readers write to us with questions or comments that really make us think. Here, for example, is reader K.S., who writes: Perhaps it was intended facetiously, if so I ...

The discourse of many of our politicians, media pundits and, most distressingly, the intellectual/academic community are symptomatic of a disturbing malaise of logical thought. Their discourse is ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about leveraging neuroscience to create remarkable leadership. This article is more than 2 years old. Having a solid ...

Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation, namely, our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance— Daniel Kahneman in ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ This line ...

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