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The relationship of logic to reason in general

שו”תCategory: philosophyThe relationship of logic to reason in general
asked 5 years ago

The old man
So, 4 claims that seem trivial to me and I’d like to know if you agree with them.

  1. Logic is done with the mind (and not with the senses or imagination) and “themselves” are human thoughts….True/False
  2. Classical Aristotelian logic is anchored in reason and thinking, as are all modern logics… True/False
  3. In any case, there is a common ground between Aristotelian logic and all modern logics, since they are all carried by the mind and its thoughts… True/False
  4. This common ground is the principle of emanation: thoughts are linked to each other (like causes and effects)… true/false.

thanks
 


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מיכי Staff answered 5 years ago
  1. I don’t know what “done” means. When you think about a logical argument, you do it with your mind. It’s certainly reasonable.
  2. I didn’t understand the question. What are all the modern logics? What’s the point of the first question?
  3. I didn’t understand the question. All of them have something in common: they are all called logic. They were all created throughout history. They are all studied and researched in logic departments.
  4. I didn’t understand.

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הפוסק האחרון replied 5 years ago

Logic is something the brain learns, like counting, or causality. Once it's learned, you can call what it learned intelligence. Intelligence is just a vague definition of a vague mental process. A lot of things have to happen in order for you to think logically. And those things don't belong to intelligence.

דורון replied 5 years ago

Hmmmmm...important clarification

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