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> humans don't reason based on mechanistic principles Do you support an empiricist view of logic then (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_logic_empirical%3F http:
by haliax 14y ago
> humans don't reason based on mechanistic principles
Do you support an empiricist view of logic then (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_logic_empirical%3F http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_logic_empirical%3F) ? That we justify logical rules because they so strongly correspond with our own experiences?
- vbtemp 14y agoNot really. I'm just saying we don't go around all day doing logic-algebra in our head and saying only true, consistent things :)
- haliax 14y agoAhh, fair enough. I'd have to agree with you there. My guess is that that plus being able to inductively generate axioms from experience are largely what let us escape that particular weakness of formal systems.