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When formal logic ceases to be a tool and becomes an ideology—a set of beliefs about reasoning that are held dogmatically, used to police thought, and shielded from critique. Formal logical ideology asserts that there is one correct logic (classical), that it applies universally, and that deviating from it is irrational. It transforms logical rules from instruments of analysis into moral norms. Followers treat logical fallacies as sins, alternative logics as heresies, and any argument that cannot be formalised as nonsense. This ideology dominates many online debate communities, where “logic” is used as a cudgel rather than a method.
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