Wednesday, January 13, 2010

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I agree with J.W. Krutch when he says that, "Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence." Philosophers such as Aristotle and Euclid both had a lot of faith in what they believed in when coming to their own conclusions. From Aristotle's rules on logic to Euclid when proving the basic principles of geometry. When we had to make up logical problems in class we went in with the intent of making the logical problems truthful, especially because we've never really studied logic in depth before. You have to have confidence in what you write down even if you know you may not be right.


1 comment:

  1. I love the last sentence because I think it really sums up what JW Krutch is saying. Like going into something, and starting a syllogism, you may have confidence. But then, when you really analyze the structure, it may turn out to be invalid and untrue, which would wreck your initial confidence.

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