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Why use logic?
It is commonsense that logic is valid 34%  34%  [ 10 ]
Because the notion that logic is invalid is inconceivable 10%  10%  [ 3 ]
God makes logic valid 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Logic survives a lot of criticism 17%  17%  [ 5 ]
I prefer to use of logic 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Logic is a fiction that seems to have a place 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I don't know why to use logic 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
I think logic is perverse 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Other(please post your non-stated reason)/I want to see the results 21%  21%  [ 6 ]
AG is so freakin' awesome!! 17%  17%  [ 5 ]
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claire-333
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03 Dec 2008, 7:20 pm

Logic is awesome, like AG.



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03 Dec 2008, 8:08 pm

Orwell wrote:
The fact that I indicated it gets good results ("it works, b*****s") should imply that empiricism bears out the validity of logic. Logic and science both consistently work and are vindicated by the results of empirical analysis and observation.

Interestingly, a point raised by Paul Feyerabend, is that he thought that logic and science actually split at some point.



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03 Dec 2008, 9:09 pm

Gentlemen, you can't use logic in here, this is the Political forum!...;)

there are places logic works, and places where logic is little tweeting bird...;)



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03 Dec 2008, 11:34 pm

In the correct context logic is very powerful. However people tend to stretch it too far in arguments. The things people claim are logical are often not even in the realm of logical testability. Most things are merely accepted on common sense. The language can be sloppy.



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04 Dec 2008, 7:31 am

Deductive logic is very useful. Inductive logic is necessary for there to be something to deduce (from).

I have found the results more useful than any alternative I have awareness of. Therefore it (using logic) is (for now at least) the most adaptive strategy I know for achieving the task of 'figuring things out', and this is why I use logic.



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04 Dec 2008, 8:26 am

pandd wrote:
Deductive logic is very useful. Inductive logic is necessary for there to be something to deduce (from).

I have found the results more useful than any alternative I have awareness of. Therefore it (using logic) is (for now at least) the most adaptive strategy I know for achieving the task of 'figuring things out', and this is why I use logic.


Do you think that induction is strictly logic?
Some might say it requires the suspension of logic to some extent.