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['Member']Joined: January 06, 2019 at 15:48Last active: January 26, 2019 at 21:292 discussions21 comments

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Yes, yes indeed, that's the core of my question, we cannot rely on logic to prove logic valid, so what do we do? We "trust" it because experience sugg...
January 12, 2019 at 10:05
I think we might have a bit of problem because of the language differences, but what defines logic? If logic defines validity, what defines logic? Exp...
January 12, 2019 at 01:01
Well, that’s a good point, and also brings me to the question: since thinking anything relies on logic, how can we think logic? It would be like build...
January 10, 2019 at 11:10
Yes, indeed. Logic defines relations of elements, not elements themselves. You asked me how could logic be invalid but I ask you: why couldn’t it? The...
January 10, 2019 at 11:06
All of your answers show a lot of interest, and I appreciate that, and also show me a lot of new things that honestly I didn't know about. But I think...
January 06, 2019 at 22:06
You bring up a good point, go tell them, they changed the non-contradiction law for this and picked up another one, which is a bit more flexible. But ...
January 06, 2019 at 20:06
A Quantum is a particle or a wave?
January 06, 2019 at 19:39
Well it is clear enough, I understand what you mean but I can't say I agree completely. My point is that in everyday life we use logic to understand r...
January 06, 2019 at 19:28
Well there is a bit of A is A but also B but not at the same time, I don't have the preparation to explain it better, I'm sorry, I studied it but my e...
January 06, 2019 at 19:17
Still, you didn't answer, you believe that things exist in both material and immaterial ways, right? Anyway the A is A and not B is a bit of a deal wi...
January 06, 2019 at 19:08
I was wondering if that logic can be doubted, if I correctly use it in syllogism for example, will I get the most correct conclusion or one of many po...
January 06, 2019 at 18:13
So you are sure that there is a material or practical level of existence? How do you know that?
January 06, 2019 at 18:11
My point is: is it logical to say that absolute certainty is absolutely uncertain or even impossible? We are saying that A is A and also B, but it can...
January 06, 2019 at 17:59
But yours are certainties, you are certain that there is no certainty, how is it possible? How do you know?
January 06, 2019 at 17:56
Yes you are right, I should have been more clear, I was referring to classical logic from Aristotle onwards, so I guess Syllogistic logic and friends,...
January 06, 2019 at 17:53
Elsewhere, I'm just supposing, you see with the eyes of an empirist or a materialist, Plato's ideas don't exist in a material sense
January 06, 2019 at 17:50
You mean the laws of nature right? Even if I were to look at reality with the eye of an empirist or a materialist I'd still have a hard time calling "...
January 06, 2019 at 17:48
What you are saying makes sense, but what is knowledge? What can you know surely? I don't know if you are familiar with Rene Descartes but I based my ...
January 06, 2019 at 17:31
But again, what is truth and what is better? Besides, for scientific progress (which I believe you think as ”good”) a lot of things we generally don’t...
January 06, 2019 at 17:13
The fact that ethical fundations have nothing to with logic might be arguable but I agree with you. Yet, I sincerely don’t understand what your point ...
January 06, 2019 at 17:10
Well for the second question I assumed classical logic was reliable and went on with it, I was aware of it, I was not trying to prove it right or anyt...
January 06, 2019 at 17:04