ومن ثم يقال له: «العلم الآلي»؛ لكونه آلة لجميع العلوم لا سيما للعلوم الحكمية
Hence it is called an instrumental science, since it serves as a tool for the sciences, especially the philosophical disciplines.
An instrument helps accomplish another task. Logic can assist other disciplines in defining terms, classifying problems and organizing arguments.
A physician considers relations among diagnostic evidence; a jurist distinguishes premises from conclusions. Their subject expertise differs, but some standards of inference are shared.