section_path: Reason compared to related concepts/Logical reasoning methods and argumentation
section_name: Logical reasoning methods and argumentation
paragraph_text: Logical reasoning methods and argumentation
  
  A subdivision of philosophy and a variety of reasoning is logic. The traditional main division made in philosophy is between deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning. Formal logic has been described as the science of deduction. The study of inductive reasoning is generally carried out within the field known as informal logic or critical thinking.