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Applied logic, in the narrower sense, is synonymous with material logic in the wider sense, it means logic applied to the study of the natural sciences, Logic applied to education, logic applied to the study of law, etc.
In applied / material logic we inquire into the content of the judgments or premises and endeavour to determine whether they are true or false. Applied logic was styled by the old writers "major logic", "critical logic", or simply "criticism". In recent times the word epistemology (science of knowledge), meaning an inquiry into the value of knowledge, has come into general use, and designates that portion of philosophy which inquires into the objective value of our concepts, the import and value of judgments and reasoning, the criteria of truth, the nature of evidence, certitude, etc.
Editor: Haselhurst
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