Sunday, January 10, 2010

B.

Like Isabel, when I hear the word "dodge" it reminds me of avoiding something. It's true that logic is "dodging" the truth in someways. I disagree with Benjamin Jowett when he says Logic is not science. Science is something that is only finally excepted by all, after many experiments, facts and people who have proven it. There is too much information to be discovered in something scientific for something to be said to work. Science is something that needs to be accurate and is shown through logic. However, I agree with Jowett when he says art is not logic. Art is something that is individual to the creator. Abstract art can be completely obscure to outsider, yet to the artist, it could be exactly what they intended. There is no necessary universal idea of what is "logical" in a painting, because everyone has a different idea on what is logical and what is not.
Deductive reasoning is defiantly an effective way to try to understand a situation. You lay out your argument in a specific format and can sort through your thoughts, using the rules of formating. But, the problem with deductive reasoning is one could agree something is very "logical" and the next person can totally disagree. Deductive reasoning involves evaluating and agrument that can be either valid or invalid. But what is valid, thought to be correct, to some can defiantly be wrong to another. The point is that one's opinion may contribute to what they believe is "valid" or "invalid". That is why deductive reasoning is very said to be "true" and "false", because it can be different to all. Something "Logical" is something that makes sense and the issue with logic is that everyone thinks differently.

1 comment:

  1. I'm a little confused by your beginning - you say that logic can be a "dodge," but then never bring that point up again, instead solely talking about how logic is scientific. While I do agree that logic is a science, you seem to say both that it is a science, which is something that you define as needing to be true - yet you then discuss how logic can be different to each person, therefore contradicting what you earlier said.

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