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1	->''"A = A"''
2	-->-- ''The law of identity, the first of the three classical laws of thought''
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4	[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin An index of tropes having to do with logic.]] As you can see, many of these {{trope}}s detail ways in which writers can [[LogicalFallacies fail at logic]]. For some reason, there aren't nearly as many about correct logic...
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6	Compare IntelligenceTropes. Contrast MadnessTropes and EmotionTropes, which frequently defy logic in various ways.
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8	!!Tropes:
9	[[index]]
10	[floatboxright:
11	See also:
12	+ LogicalFallacies
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14	* TwoPlusTortureMakesFive
15	* ArkhamsRazor (In fiction, the oddest solution is probably correct)
16	* BatDeduction
17	* Catch22Dilemma (You have to do A in order to do B, but you have to do B in order to do A.)
18	* ChickenAndEggParadox (A leads to B which leads to A which leads to B, but how did it start?)
19	* DeducingTheSecretIdentity: (Using logic to figure out who a masked hero or villain really is.)
20	* EntertaininglyWrong (When somebody is wrong, for the right reasons.)
21	* FactOpinionArgument
22	* FridgeLogic (Logic problems that are only noticeable when you think a bit about them)
23	** [[Headscratchers/HomePage Headscratchers]]
24	** PlotHole
25	** VoodooShark
26	* GameOfChicken
27	* GivingUpOnLogic
28	* IfJesusThenAliens
29	* InsaneTrollLogic (When fallacies are either intentional, or they cross over into PoesLaw.)
30	* JustifiedTrope (When use of a trope is made logical)
31	* LiarsParadox
32	* LogicBomb (Using fallacies, paradoxes, and other logical quibbles as a weapon)
33	* MoonLogicPuzzle (A puzzle whose solution relies on overly narrow or unconventional interpretations of the available evidence)
34	* MutuallyAssuredDestruction
35	* OccamsRazor (Explanations should avoid unnecessary complications.)
36	* PrisonersDilemma
37	* PuffOfLogic
38	* ReasoningWithGod
39	* ReminderOfImpossibility
40	* RightForTheWrongReasons (When you reach the correct conclusion, but by faulty logic.)
41	* SherlockCanRead
42	* SoCrazyItMustBeTrue
43	* TheSpock
44	[[/index]]

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