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Isn't that exactly the question that informal logical fallacies seek to address? I don't think you can just throw away the word "logic" like that. We try to ma
by bitshiftfaced 6y ago
Isn't that exactly the question that informal logical fallacies seek to address?
I don't think you can just throw away the word "logic" like that. We try to make arguments using deduction and inference, so there is a logical structure behind them. It's just that it isn't as well-defined and doesn't have the mathematical rigor of formal logic.
- threatofrain 6y agoLogic a fundamentally different process of intellectual productivity, which is why mathematicians don’t see proving and reasoning as the same thing. Formal methods weren't even widespread until late in mathematical history, yet somehow we had mathematical productivity. Mathematicians can scarcely describe their own thinking process, and proving is often the last step to mathematical reasoning. Talking about logical fallacy in ordinary conversation is backward.