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Is Logic a Belief?

 
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Is Logic a Belief?
Logic is what it is-- but we only see it through our brains which are biased. So do we believe in it?

My ultimate faith lies in logic. It also leads me to some very peculiar conclusions about life. They have similarities to aspects of Buddhism and some other concepts "preached" by people who meditate or do psychedelic drugs.

So is my faith in logic basically like a faith in God? Or even a faith directly in God?

Discuss. Please! (no this is not a bible thumping thread but everyone is welcome to say whatever)
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As a side note of interest: I know "atheists" think that there is no God, or whatever, and they think themselves to be highly logical, but it is highly illogical to say there is no "god" when 1:what is their definition of god? 2:what proof do they have of this?
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You can never truly be certain of anything, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.
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Atheism is the belief there is no god :) Most people don't understand this. But I would not say logic is. You can actually prove logic.

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gah one star? what for?

oh well. Lets talk about obama or justin beiber or something materialistic then lol.
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Atheism is the belief there is no god :) Most people don't understand this. But I would not say logic is. You can actually prove logic.
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but that's what i mean. proving is done by your brain. How can we know for sure?
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You can never truly be certain of anything, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try.
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And try i do. It tortures me every day. Love Bruce Campbell btws. he is super duper.
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Atheism is the belief there is no god :) Most people don't understand this. But I would not say logic is. You can actually prove logic.
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but that's what i mean. proving is done by your brain. How can we know for sure?
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If you have 2 buckets and condition is: only one is filled with water, you can verify this statement by checking wether both buckets are full.

Of course, this requires sensoric proof, which in the end is created in your brain only, so we will never know for sure.
But the more positive hits you receive, the higher chances are, that it actually is this way. E.g. you always fell down, never up.

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"The world will soon wake up to the reality that everyone is broke and can collect nothing from the bankrupt, who are owed unlimited amounts by the insolvent, who are attempting to make late payments on a bank holiday in the wrong country, with an unacceptable currency, against defaulted collateral, of which nobody is sure who holds title."

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The woman who is not pursued sets up the doctrine that pursuit is offensive to her sex, and wants to make it a felony. No genuinely attractive woman has any such desire. - H.L. Mencken, In Defense Of Women
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I guess the core problem is, you cannot define logic without using logic.
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You can actually prove logic.
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Obviously, you have never read Karl Popper.

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You can never truly be certain of anything, but that doesn\'t mean you shouldn\'t try.
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And try i do. It tortures me every day. Love Bruce Campbell btws. he is super duper.
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Meditation goes beyond mind, hence transcending logics too.
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You can actually prove logic.
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Obviously, you have never read Karl Popper.

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No, never heard of him? I will look him up, I love stuff like this. Which book you mean exactly?

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"The world will soon wake up to the reality that everyone is broke and can collect nothing from the bankrupt, who are owed unlimited amounts by the insolvent, who are attempting to make late payments on a bank holiday in the wrong country, with an unacceptable currency, against defaulted collateral, of which nobody is sure who holds title."

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

The woman who is not pursued sets up the doctrine that pursuit is offensive to her sex, and wants to make it a felony. No genuinely attractive woman has any such desire. - H.L. Mencken, In Defense Of Women
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I guess the core problem is, you cannot define logic without using logic.
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Exactly!

You put it well right there. I think that is part of what was trying to say.

Now does that mean you must believe logic to be true?
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You can never truly be certain of anything, but that doesn\'t mean you shouldn\'t try.
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And try i do. It tortures me every day. Love Bruce Campbell btws. he is super duper.
 Quoting: numewenon


Meditation goes beyond mind, hence transcending logics too.
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another thing. What would no logic be like? anti-logic? you could not have it logically.
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Logic is provable...it asks if this, then that, and so on and so forth...
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You can never truly be certain of anything, but that doesn\\\'t mean you shouldn\\\'t try.
 Quoting: theorigionalzombiekiller


And try i do. It tortures me every day. Love Bruce Campbell btws. he is super duper.
 Quoting: numewenon


Meditation goes beyond mind, hence transcending logics too.
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another thing. What would no logic be like? anti-logic? you could not have it logically.
 Quoting: numewenon


Your way of thinking is caught in duality of opposites.
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Logic is provable...it asks if this, then that, and so on and so forth...
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Logic is provable...it asks if this, then that, and so on and so forth...
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And that is why I trust only logic. And see... I trust it, but with reason but the reason based on what I am trusting.
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And try i do. It tortures me every day. Love Bruce Campbell btws. he is super duper.
 Quoting: numewenon


Meditation goes beyond mind, hence transcending logics too.
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another thing. What would no logic be like? anti-logic? you could not have it logically.
 Quoting: numewenon


Your way of thinking is caught in duality of opposites.
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ahhh
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You can actually prove logic.
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Obviously, you have never read Karl Popper.

Michael
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No, never heard of him? I will look him up, I love stuff like this. Which book you mean exactly?
 Quoting: Face Palmer


Can't remember the title.

His ultimate conclusion: "The fundamental assumptions of any definitional system cannot be proven", or something to that effect.

The argument goes "If...then".

The "if" cannot be proven. It is assumed to be a given.

A radical over-simplification; but that's the gist.

Logic has to do with the fundamental structures of the consciousness of the 'thinker'.

But there are other approaches to reality; for example, poetry.

Poetry can never be proven.

Poetry approaches the issue of truth from a completely different perspective.

"The moon was a ghostly galleon, tossed upon cloudy seas" is, for example, a truth; but it cannot be proven, nevertheless.

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Meditation goes beyond mind, hence transcending logics too.
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another thing. What would no logic be like? anti-logic? you could not have it logically.
 Quoting: numewenon


Your way of thinking is caught in duality of opposites.
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ahhh
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Yeah, your avatar is guite fitting too lol
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You can actually prove logic.
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Obviously, you have never read Karl Popper.

Michael
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No, never heard of him? I will look him up, I love stuff like this. Which book you mean exactly?
 Quoting: Face Palmer


Can't remember the title.

His ultimate conclusion: "The fundamental assumptions of any definitional system cannot be proven", or something to that effect.

The argument goes "If...then".

The "if" cannot be proven. It is assumed to be a given.

A radical over-simplification; but that's the gist.

Logic has to do with the fundamental structures of the consciousness of the 'thinker'.

But there are other approaches to reality; for example, poetry.

Poetry can never be proven.

Poetry approaches the issue of truth from a completely different perspective.

"The moon was a ghostly galleon, tossed upon cloudy seas" is, for example, a truth; but it cannot be proven, nevertheless.

Michael
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Sort of like mathematics... you have your axioms as the basis. You cannot prove these "ifs"

See that's where it gets all trippy to my mind. because the axiom of logic is the assumption that logic is logic.

I don't know if i can write down the strange feeling it gives me in words when I think too hard about it.
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Obviously, you have never read Karl Popper.

Michael
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No, never heard of him? I will look him up, I love stuff like this. Which book you mean exactly?
 Quoting: Face Palmer


Can\'t remember the title.

His ultimate conclusion: \"The fundamental assumptions of any definitional system cannot be proven\", or something to that effect.

The argument goes \"If...then\".

The \"if\" cannot be proven. It is assumed to be a given.

A radical over-simplification; but that\'s the gist.

Logic has to do with the fundamental structures of the consciousness of the \'thinker\'.

But there are other approaches to reality; for example, poetry.

Poetry can never be proven.

Poetry approaches the issue of truth from a completely different perspective.

\"The moon was a ghostly galleon, tossed upon cloudy seas\" is, for example, a truth; but it cannot be proven, nevertheless.

Michael
 Quoting: 4Q529


Sort of like mathematics... you have your axioms as the basis. You cannot prove these \"ifs\"

See that\'s where it gets all trippy to my mind. because the axiom of logic is the assumption that logic is logic.

I don\'t know if i can write down the strange feeling it gives me in words when I think too hard about it.
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The proof is empirical.
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and as for the poetry thing, I think see what this guy means.

I find it interesting that if logic created poetry that is not necessarily logical to the reader, it is still logical that was to be created because logic could not allow it to be any other way.
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The proof is empirical.
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Which is based on you as an "I", which I cannot even prove logically to exist, observing it.
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Obviously, you have never read Karl Popper.

Michael
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No, never heard of him? I will look him up, I love stuff like this. Which book you mean exactly?
 Quoting: Face Palmer


Can't remember the title.

His ultimate conclusion: "The fundamental assumptions of any definitional system cannot be proven", or something to that effect.

The argument goes "If...then".

The "if" cannot be proven. It is assumed to be a given.

A radical over-simplification; but that's the gist.

Logic has to do with the fundamental structures of the consciousness of the 'thinker'.

But there are other approaches to reality; for example, poetry.

Poetry can never be proven.

Poetry approaches the issue of truth from a completely different perspective.

"The moon was a ghostly galleon, tossed upon cloudy seas" is, for example, a truth; but it cannot be proven, nevertheless.

Michael
 Quoting: 4Q529


Sort of like mathematics... you have your axioms as the basis. You cannot prove these "ifs"

See that's where it gets all trippy to my mind. because the axiom of logic is the assumption that logic is logic.

I don't know if i can write down the strange feeling it gives me in words when I think too hard about it.
 Quoting: numewenon


Right.

Popper was a mathematician first.

What you are experiencing is the transition between dimensions of consciousness; between the consciousness of the 'thinker' and the consciousness of the "self"; which can be summarized as the difference between science and logic and poetry and the lyrics of songs.

But there is another dimension of consciousness beyond these two dimensions as well:

[link to science-of-consciousness.blogspot.com]

Ultimately, the three dimensions of consciousness is neither a logical, nor a poetical description of reality; but, rather, something that can be directly observed.

Michael
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k g2g for now dog needs some major exercise. bbl!

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The proof is empirical.
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Which is based on you as an \"I\", which I cannot even prove logically to exist, observing it.
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Going in the right direction: you are the most real \"thing\" in your life. True

Still not real enough yet.
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Logic is a way of thinking, but it isn't a belief, more like a skill, to be able to think logically.
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No, never heard of him? I will look him up, I love stuff like this. Which book you mean exactly?
 Quoting: Face Palmer


Can't remember the title.

His ultimate conclusion: "The fundamental assumptions of any definitional system cannot be proven", or something to that effect.

The argument goes "If...then".

The "if" cannot be proven. It is assumed to be a given.

A radical over-simplification; but that's the gist.

Logic has to do with the fundamental structures of the consciousness of the 'thinker'.

But there are other approaches to reality; for example, poetry.

Poetry can never be proven.

Poetry approaches the issue of truth from a completely different perspective.

"The moon was a ghostly galleon, tossed upon cloudy seas" is, for example, a truth; but it cannot be proven, nevertheless.

Michael
 Quoting: 4Q529


Sort of like mathematics... you have your axioms as the basis. You cannot prove these "ifs"

See that's where it gets all trippy to my mind. because the axiom of logic is the assumption that logic is logic.

I don't know if i can write down the strange feeling it gives me in words when I think too hard about it.
 Quoting: numewenon


Right.

Popper was a mathematician first.

What you are experiencing is the transition between dimensions of consciousness; between the consciousness of the 'thinker' and the consciousness of the "self"; which can be summarized as the difference between science and logic and poetry and the lyrics of songs.

But there is another dimension of consciousness beyond these two dimensions as well:

[link to science-of-consciousness.blogspot.com]

Ultimately, the three dimensions of consciousness is neither a logical, nor a poetical description of reality; but, rather, something that can be directly observed.

Michael
 Quoting: 4Q529


mmm yes i think this is the kind of stuff i was looking for. I'll look at it when I get back!

thanks sir.
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Logic is a way of thinking, but it isn\'t a belief, more like a skill, to be able to think logically.
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Yes, logical thinking is better than the illogical one.





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