Monday, January 11, 2010
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Logic is simply the result of taking ideas that we believe to be true and using reasoning to create a solid argument that can not be proved wrong. This definition of logic seems pretty logical itself untill you take into account the fact that just because something is commonly believed to be true does not necessarily mean it is a fact regardless of whether anyone can prove it to be incorrect or not. This is why I agree that "logic is the art of going wrong with confidence." Logic is based on confidence that one's ideas are factual, but because we are only human it is impossible to prove whether anything is truly a fact or just a well-proven theory. Therefore logic can produce good arguments and reasoning, but I do not think it can ever really produce facts.
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I agree with your idea that if an argumment is well thought out and logical then it is true. Having a statement that is logical but untrue is realistic but would still make sense because of the well argumented steps.
ReplyDeleteI agree that logic does not need to be true. I also think that it is interesting that you feel that logic rarely produces facts. In a way I agree with that as well.
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