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Logic (from the), originally meaning "the word" or "what is spoken" (but coming to mean "thought" or "reason"), is generally held to consist of the systematic study of the form of arguments.

A valid argument is one where there is a specific relation of logical support between the assumptions of the argument and its conclusion.

(In ordinary discourse, the conclusion of such an argument may be signified by words like therefore, hence, ergo and so on).

Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.

A fact is something that has occurred or is correct.

The usual test for a statement of fact is verifiability—that is, whether it can be demonstrated to correspond to experience.

Standard reference works are often used to check facts.

Scientific facts are verified by repeatable careful observation or measurement (by experiments or other means).

Mythology refers variously to the collected myths of a group of people or to the study of such myths.

Myths are the stories people tell to explain nature, history and customs.

History (from Greek, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past as it is described in written documents.

Events occurring before written record are considered prehistory.

It is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about these events.

Scholars who write about history are called historians.