LoBagola Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Why is logic defined as an art? And what is the meaning of "art" in this context? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dream_weaver Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 An "art" in this context, would be a developed skill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoBagola Posted January 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) Hmm okay. I guess as you get to higher level of abstractions it can become a skill. Since you need to know how concepts are form and how to reduce them back to the perceptual level (in order to check for contradictions). And this is the process of non-contradictory identification. But on some basic level it isn't a skill. I can't deny that right now I'm sitting on a chair. That non-contradictory identification isn't a skill.It ties into a more complicated issue of mine, when am I morally responsible for something and when is it a mistake. If I don't have the skills then I can't take the blame for my immoral acts Edited January 26, 2014 by LoBagola Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fawkes Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) In response to a question during his Advanced Seminars On OPAR (see the ARI estore), Dr. Peikoff said that you can look at logic as an art, a method, or a science. He said that AR used 'art' in AS because she was thinking of it as a practice or skill you have to learn, although what you're learning is a method, a set of rules. The study of those rules is a science. Accepting the fact that right now you sit in a chair is not an act of logic. You go through no process of inferring the conclusion--the information is a given, you simply accept and assert it. It's "a non-contradictory identification", but logic is not "all instances of non-contradictory identification" including the self-evident. Logic is rather a method for inferring further true identifications from the given. Edited January 26, 2014 by Fawkes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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