The nature of logic
From HWB Joseph’s Introduction to Logic, 1916.
"It is not the business of Logic to make men rational, but rather to teach them in what their being rational consists. And this they could never learn, if they were not rational first." (pg 2)
"Logic, then, is the science which studies the general principles in accordance with which we think about things, whatever things they may be. … [O]ur thought [about things] is expressed partly … and most systematically in the various sciences. Those sciences are the best examples of human thinking about things, the most careful, clear and coherent, that exist. In them, therefore, the logician can best study the laws of men’s thinking, and it is in this sense that we may accept the old definition of Logic, scientia scientiarum." [The science of science, I think] (pg 3).
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Sounds sweet! Can’t wait. Doing history now. I skipped to page 63 out of a total of 200 pages in the Tarski book. I’ll be done w/ it soon. I get the concepts, but have to learn the notations, i.e. “xRy” means “an object x has the relation R to y”…. etc. etc.
Comment by Jenna — April 26, 2006 @ 3:51 am