“Logic is the art of going wrong with confidence.”
I agree with J.W Krutch in that logic is not necessarily true, just something that one can defend. The concept of logic is based more around what is more likely to be true than what actually is, and I think that judging things based on logic is generally a smart way to do so.
Unfortunately, people can disagree on the terms of what is or is not logical, and so being overly concerned with logic can pose a problem, especially in, say, a social situation where human emotions can conflict with logic.
I agree with you that logic is not always necessarily true. However, don't you contradict yourself by saying that you think judging things based on logic is smart. Well, if logic is not always true, then how can we judge those things?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure I understand your argument. In class we saw that there are strict rules that govern logic, it can only have three premises, a distributed term in the conclusion can not be undistributed in the middle, etc. Therefore, I don't understand how human emotions can conflict with or affect a valid argument. Something either follows the rules and is valid or contradicts one and is not.
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