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> Logic can work on anything. In fact, it exists to serve emotions. That's a frightening idea (a riff of the classic Humean quip). Luckily, it is false. Emotio

> Logic can work on anything. In fact, it exists to serve emotions. That's a frightening idea (a riff of the classic Humean quip). Luckily, it is false. Emotions have their place. Properly developed and proportioned to reason, they can motivate us to do what is good and they can be pleasant. They are a good per se and a deficiency of them is defective as is an excess, but in mature adults, they are subject to reason. You wouldn't cheer at the funeral of your dead spouse, right? But if reason is subject to emotion, then there's no way to really object to the idea. > I don't have a logical reason to keep living, I just want to do it so I do. I disagree. The reason we wish to live is because to live is good. To exist is good. Being is better than non-being. We are by nature bound to want to exist. Even suicide is not really a wish for non-being, but escape from a predicament.

roenxi 5y ago
> You wouldn't cheer at the funeral of your dead spouse, right? If someone truly hated their spouse I don't really see what the problem is. Although if someone was that happy that their spouse died I doubt they'd bother with a formal funeral. There are some deeply unhappy marriages out there. > To exist is good. Being is better than non-being. That isn't a logical conclusion though, that is a premise. Logic cannot provide premises. Premises enter logic from the outside, and logic decides if the premises are consistent with each other and whether they have implications.
Zababa 5y ago
Logic and emotions aren't opposites. Emotions are a fact of life. Logic can help you manage them. If you feel like you would be happier if you met someone and loved them, you should probably do something to meet more people instead of just waiting for it to happen. That's using logic to manage your emotions.

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> Logic can work on anything. In fact, it exists to serve emotions. That's a frightening idea (a riff of the classic Humean quip). Luckily, it is false. Emotio

by bobthechef 5y ago

roenxi 5y ago
> You wouldn't cheer at the funeral of your dead spouse, right? If someone truly hated their spouse I don't really see what the problem is. Although if someone was that happy that their spouse died I doubt they'd bother with a formal funeral. There are some deeply unhappy marriages out there. > To exist is good. Being is better than non-being. That isn't a logical conclusion though, that is a premise. Logic cannot provide premises. Premises enter logic from the outside, and logic decides if the premises are consistent with each other and whether they have implications.
Zababa 5y ago
Logic and emotions aren't opposites. Emotions are a fact of life. Logic can help you manage them. If you feel like you would be happier if you met someone and loved them, you should probably do something to meet more people instead of just waiting for it to happen. That's using logic to manage your emotions.