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Article #534Re: Why Logic?
From: Klaus Gaarder TFI
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:24
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 14:24
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In article <1992Nov16.091653.1@woods.ulowell.edu>, cotera@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
|> Can anyone explain why we use logic? Unfortunately, any logical arguments to
|> support logic, are unfortunately, invalid.
|> --Ray Cote
Simple: to get from 'true' statements about some universe of discourse to other
true statements of the same universe. Why this has turned out to be the preferred
way of doing science should be obvious.
Klaus
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Newsgroups: sci.logic Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!aun.uninett.no!nuug!nntp.nta.no!hal.nta.no!klaus From: klaus.gaarder@nta.no (Klaus Gaarder TFI) Subject: Re: Why Logic? Message-ID: <1992Nov18.142434.24001@nntp.nta.no> Sender: klaus@hal.nta.no (Klaus Gaarder FNI) Nntp-Posting-Host: periferix.nta.no Organization: Norwegian Telecom Research References: <1992Nov16.091653.1@woods.ulowell.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 14:24:34 GMT Lines: 17