James Bond Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 I have an impression that the term 'reason' encompasses more than logic. Am I wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tordmor Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 reason is the application of logic to one's perception of the real world. Like engineering is the application of physics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grames Posted April 24, 2009 Report Share Posted April 24, 2009 I have an impression that the term 'reason' encompasses more than logic. Am I wrong? Reason is the broader term. It includes deductive logic, inductive logic, and the formation of or reduction to first level concepts and generalizations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Patroller Posted April 29, 2009 Report Share Posted April 29, 2009 Reason is the broader term. It includes deductive logic, inductive logic, and the formation of or reduction to first level concepts and generalizations. From what I've been able to get, both implicitly and explicitly, Reason is the faculty or ability and logic is the tool or process. Whether that faculty includes other processes or tools is not stated one way or the other. It may or may not. Although somewhere on this forum I saw a quote by Rand that linked emotion to Reason. Drl Dean Edell has said that Man is "hardwired to believe in "magic" whilst compaining about "magical thinking". My answer to that is that, in his mind, magic and abstractions are the same. I therefore conclude that Man is hardwired to think in ideas (abstracts of identity) and principles (abstracts of action) Bot to recapitulate; Reason is the faculty, power or ability and logic is the tool and process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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