(August 9, 2013 at 12:23 pm)Texas Sailor Wrote: Logic is descriptive of the universe. As thinking beings, logic describes the universe in such a way that we can make sense of it.
We are able to reflect, and logic is the mechanism through which this is done.
We are able to experience different scents, and smell is the mechanism through which this is done.
Logic, is a method, and all signs point to a natural one at that.
I'm not so sure what logic is but I doubt if our sense of smell is a good analogue. Logic seems to be a method of deducing what else follows from the truth of certain propositions. As such it is as much or more about our language as it is reality. Of course we value it because it can pay off in questions of strategy. But long before we had either language or logic it would have been possible to make connections between coinciding events. Other mammals and birds do this all the time. Stating these relationships in propositions isn't necessary for recognizing or exploiting them. I feel like you may be over-valuing logic.