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No, it is not. Logic of any kind is a step-by-step process of induction, based on a valid premises in each step (just one false premise is enough to refute the
by lngnmn 9y ago
No, it is not. Logic of any kind is a step-by-step process of induction, based on a valid premises in each step (just one false premise is enough to refute the whole thing, and it must always be verified) while all the premises must be traced (validated) back to one of the fundamental laws of the universe, to what is. Otherwise it is just a form of bullshit.
Socrates is mortal not because he is a man, but because biology is bound by physics of this universe (in which compound structures are impermanent and what we call energy is eternal, being transformed from one form into another) and because a man is a biological process, he is impermanent or mortal. (Ancient Buddhists got it right, by the way).
Logic is possible because the given Universe has a certain stable (eternal) properties, so processes and structures are possible. Abstract logic is a bullshit (hello, Hegelians!).
Mathematical logic works because each one inductive step rests on the valid premises due to the fact that numbers as an abstraction capture a valid aspect of reality revealed to an observer. But it cannot be applied to anything but numbers. Different types of premises and inductions are required for different domains (while the process is fundamentally the same).
The sun will rise in the sky tomorrow not because of some probabilistic inference but because such a physical process cannot be quickly changed. Causes are always real (physical), not imaginary (mathematical).