We are sometimes surprised to know about some of the powers that we have because we are so used to taking them for granted. For instance, some readers may be surprised to learn that all of us use logic every day. In fact , everything that is ever said can be called either logical or non-logical.
When someone says, “ I am hungry, so I must eat”, he is making a logical statement. When someone says, : I am hungry, so I must eat”, he is making a logical statement. When someone says , “ I want to eat”, he is being non-logical. (You should note that nor-logical does not mean illogical.
An Illogical statement is a statement that is contrary to the rule of logic. Like this statement : “ I am hungry, so I must sing”. A non-logical statement is a statement that cannot be argued or disputed any further.
Wheter we know it or not, then, all of us are logical creatures. To say that we use logic means that we reason, and there is no normal human being who does not capable of reasoning.
Therefore no man can admit that he is more able to distinguish truth from error than other man. You may admit that you are clerever that your friend, or that you have become more educated or obtained more knowledge, but no normal man can be said to have less ability to distinguish between truth and mistake, provided that he is given chance to know the real fact clearly.
The chief difference between the understanding power of one person and that of another is due to the fact that some people use proper methods of thinking or reasoning, while others do not.
We are able to understand, and we may improve our understanding power by using the right method of thinking. The right methode will help us solve our problems more successfully. Whether they are problem concerning science, or business, or social relations, or Love.
Sometimes a man wont’t be convinced by logical argument, because pride or some other emotion is controlling his mind. No one can be rational or reasonable when emotion dominates his thoughts.
Emotion is useless when you are solving an arithmetic problem. Whether you like it or not. Two times three is six, whether it is in the United States or in The Soviet Union. Emotion isdangerous for a judge when he is presiding at a legal trial. Is the accused man guilty of a crime? If he says. “ No, because I hate him”, he is not thinking rationally, and he is not a good judge, because a good judge has be rational and reasonable studying the evidence.
It is true that we of the think irrationally, but we are capable of being reasonable, but we are capable of being reasonable and logical. We ought to use reason and logic whenever the circumstances require them. Logic is required when we deal with the task of examining evidence or proofs.
The logical man never forgets that perhaps he is wrong and the other person he is wrong and the other person is right. He is always ready to test his own opinion with the evidence, and to change his opinion as the evidence changes. The reasonable man never believes in the absoluteness of hie own views.
GEOGLOBE
Monday, December 1, 2008
Lets be Logical
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