The laws of thought are rules that tell us how we can use words and symbols to think about numbers, ideas, and things. Like a set of instructions, they help us talk about and think about things in a logical way. For example, one of the laws is called the "Law of Identity". It says that everything must be itself. That means something cannot both be true and false at the same time. It has to just be one or the other. This helps us stay logical when we talk and think about things.