Re: Fwd: SUO Quo Vadis
I guess that Rob was trying to say that correct logic, (though "invented" by humans <for the human "consumption" only ?> )
is reflecting what really happens in the world of "substance" - the world, which exists in its "as is" entirety irregardles whether humans evolved or not, while some other human concepts may be contradictory to that reality (or "softly" saying, - inconsistent with the reality).
-- "John F. Sowa" <sowa@bestweb.net> wrote:
Rob,
That is either meaningless or silly:
> To resolve the inconsistencies in our logic by acknowledging
> the priority of the human over the logical?
Logic is uniquely human. It is the product of language.
Every natural language embodies first-order logic, modal
logic, higher-order logic, and every other logic ever
invented by any logician. No logician has ever been
able to invent a logic that can express anything that
is not expressible in any natural language.
But as I have said repeatedly, our linguistic and logical
abilities are built on top of an ape-like brain, which is
far more powerful than any computer anyone has yet been
able to devise.
Our human nature is both ape-like and logical. Both are
essential to what we are. It is just plain silly to try
to create conflicts between them. Let's do our best to
understand them.
John
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