RE: Was logic invented or discovered?
March 20, 2013 at 9:27 am
(This post was last modified: March 20, 2013 at 9:43 am by The Grand Nudger.)
An assumption first made with little in the way of support, not so much an assumption any longer, but still subject to criticism nevertheless. Perhaps it can't be, but it sure seems as though it can be (and in the spirit of allowing for such a thing - if it can't be, it would seem to matter very little to us eh, the illusion is complete), judging specifically by the results of our attempting to do so. If the assumption was made, a system was formed around it that was consistent and non-contradictory to itself - but did not yield reliable results - what would you conclude?
The implication of a statement such as this, about the necessity of assumption, is that just because we happened to have done it this way, or because some of us had little choice but to do it this way (again, are we still going to call this an assumption, is that all that we can elevate the statement to?), that it could not have been accomplished another way, or that the assumption itself has some bearing on how or why the system built out of it works. I call shenanigans on all counts - and I know that this isn't directly tied to your response t me, more jut something that floated into my head.
The implication of a statement such as this, about the necessity of assumption, is that just because we happened to have done it this way, or because some of us had little choice but to do it this way (again, are we still going to call this an assumption, is that all that we can elevate the statement to?), that it could not have been accomplished another way, or that the assumption itself has some bearing on how or why the system built out of it works. I call shenanigans on all counts - and I know that this isn't directly tied to your response t me, more jut something that floated into my head.
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