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That’s an odd gripe. It was philosophers who first used logical form going all the way back to Aristotle. Also, equations are not only reason symbols/letters a
by jonnybgood 8y ago
That’s an odd gripe. It was philosophers who first used logical form going all the way back to Aristotle.
Also, equations are not only reason symbols/letters are used in math and science. When speaking of logic, their usage is built on philosophical foundations. Math also didn’t always use symbols as it does today. Symbolic math took root sometime in the 14th century.
- whatshisface 8y agoThere isn't a single reason to use symbols except that they save space. They aren't a magical spice that turns sentences into true proofs - the best they can do is let you write text that is already a proof in less space. Logical form is only worthwhile if you're doing so much logic that you can't print the word therefore that many times!