From: DRAGONFLY           
To: CHARLES DITTELL     
Subject: relig & logic??
Date & Time: 05/12/91 22:34:43
Message Number 16775

CD> I consider logic the skill of determining correct conclusions from
CD> correct assumptions ("correct" or "proven", or "provable")
     
   Well, we disagree on the definition of logic.  I consider logic to
be a kind of computer -- utterly incapable of determining what's 
applyable to the real world, but able to make good judgements, given
good data.
     
   Also, I take issue with your idea: "correct" or "proven".  How do
you know when something is "proven"?   I prefer the concept of "useful"
to describe the world.  Scientific theories change as new data enters.
(Newton's laws of motion are still extremely "useful" theories -- even
though they've been "proven" wrong.)
                        //Dragonfly//