[MD] Intellectual Discussion and Dialectic - Finding agreement, Quality and beauty in the world.

[Ant McWatt]

Arlo, 

I was just thinking what a fuzzy logician such as Bart "Surfer Dude" Kosko would say about your recent conversation with David Morey about logic.  His popular science books (such as "Fuzzy Thinking") certainly make a good case that fuzzy logic is an improvement over Aristotlean-type syllogistic logic. Then maybe David M is simply not using the term "logic" in the technical/mathematical sense of the word?

Anyway, there has been some helpful Discuss posts from you recently. As with David Buchanan's posts over this month (that one liner of his about a certain long-time member here patting his own back over a rather egotistical post is still cracking me up!), I've kept copies of the whole lot.  I suppose both your postings essentially have a clarity of thought AND consistency that makes it worthwhile remaining a member of this Group despite the absence of former members such as Paul Turner (one of the best living philosophers that I've ever met) and Roger Parker.  A good standard to set!

Many thanks,

Ant


Arlo B said to David Morey, April 29th:

[David M to Marsha V]
You do indeed follow your own logic. Your logic follows what you value.. While I may disagree with large chunks of that logic it is still your own logic and you still do logically use the MOQ and its levels in your thinking..

[Arlo]
By this "logic", the concept of "logic" is rendered meaningless. There is nothing "illogical" just and endless variety of "own logics". This, David, is a rather undiluted subjectivism. If everything is "purple", and nothing is "not purple", then purpleness has no meaning.


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