From: Louis Newstrom (louisnews@comcast.net)
Date: Sat Jun 15 2002 - 21:12:14 MDT
From: "Lee Corbin" <lcorbin@tsoft.com>
> The confusion arises over a difference between
> the application of *formal logic* and everyday (or Aristotelian, as
> you remind us) logic.
I am reminding you that "formal logic" was invented by Aristotle. You keep
trying to label my logic (and now Aristotle's logic) as not "formal logic".
> > [Relativity] was an amazing example of a proof. Scientists knew
> > WITH CERTAINTY that it was correct, even though we couldn't
> > measure some of the predictions until decades later.
>
> Nonsense. Many eminent scientists refused to believe Einstein's
> arguments for decades.
And they were wrong.
> I meant only that we
> cannot be certain of *our* own applications of logic, and
> for several reasons:
Who are you speaking for when you say *we* can't trust *our* application of
logic. I believe there are several people on this list who can apply the
rules of logic correctly.
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