apply logic

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In 2010, while at Oxford, she met William Crouch, who was helping to build the effective altruism movement, which tries to apply logic and reason to find the best way to help others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

The way people in cults think — you can’t apply logic to it and it’s going to make you laugh.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2024

While on sabbatical in Germany, he encountered the new fashion of biblical criticism, which sought to apply logic and reason to scripture.

From Scientific American • Apr. 11, 2022

To do so, however, you need to apply logic to your interpretation of their behaviors and find out where they would not make sense if a person was being truthful.

From Salon • Sep. 12, 2021

I will not apply logic to the thesis, nor would I state it now but for the sake of what is to follow.

From Unspoken Sermons Series I., II., and II. by MacDonald, George