An analysis of the role of the word "hence" and its near-synonyms examines the relationship between logic as a science, as a natural language, and as argumentation. The analysis is done in the context of elementary propositional logic. The first section is a limited discussion of the standard logician's treatment relegating "hence" to the realm of non-truth-functionality: that is, the truth-value of the compound proposition is not simply a function of the truth-values of its components. The second section advocates treating "hence" as a propositional logical connective and outlines the argument, based on natural language-oriented semantics. The third section offers a partial explanation of why standard propositional logic has been accepted by generations of logicians and non-logicians despite the vagueness concerning its relation to natural language and reasoning. The lack of interest in and respect for the multi-faceted linguistic role of the word "hence" is unwarranted. (MSE)