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  1. Newsgroups: sci.logic
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!aun.uninett.no!nuug!nntp.nta.no!hal.nta.no!klaus
  3. From: klaus.gaarder@nta.no (Klaus Gaarder TFI)
  4. Subject: Re: Why Logic?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov18.142434.24001@nntp.nta.no>
  6. Sender: klaus@hal.nta.no (Klaus Gaarder FNI)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: periferix.nta.no
  8. Organization: Norwegian Telecom Research
  9. References:  <1992Nov16.091653.1@woods.ulowell.edu>
  10. Date: Wed, 18 Nov 92 14:24:34 GMT
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  12.  
  13. In article <1992Nov16.091653.1@woods.ulowell.edu>, cotera@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
  14. |> Can anyone explain why we use logic? Unfortunately, any logical arguments to
  15. |> support logic, are unfortunately, invalid.
  16. |> --Ray Cote
  17.  
  18. Simple: to get from 'true' statements about some universe of discourse to other
  19. true statements of the same universe. Why this has turned out to be the preferred
  20. way of doing science should be obvious.
  21.  
  22. Klaus
  23. -- 
  24.     __o   
  25.   _`\<,_  
  26.  (*)/ (*) Claudio Caputti
  27. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++^++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  28. Free will - the result of chaotic amplification of quantum events in the brain.
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