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I’d rather write than talk. Nobody interrupts! Posting monthly or less now--see below. |
My original purpose for this blog, which I started in August of 2019, was to see if I could maintain consistency, to discover what I want to write about, and to find my writing voice. In January, I started a "niche-less" blog at Wordpress.com where I've published weekly. -- Kit’s Kontemplations  . -- I'm preparing to start a Catholic blog on Wordpress.com where I'll post weekly, and another site to put the rest of my writing. I also want to spend more time reading other blogs and offering thoughtful comments, both here on WDC and elsewhere. At most, I will publish once a month at no set time in this blog starting in September of 2020. Thank you to those who have read and rated any posts on this blog. I really appreciate it. I did NOT want to write “about” me on this blog. I wanted to share my interests, discoveries and maybe a few useful insights. If anything I've written helps even one person, whether or not they respond to the post, then this blog has been successful. |
| When you hear the word “logic”, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Sherlock Holmes or Spock? Where do you see logic being used or misused in daily life? One example is medical diagnosis. The doctor gathers information about the patient’s symptoms. Then he or she places this in the framework of his medical knowledge, starting with a process of elimination to come up with one or more possible diagnoses. Fields where logic is foundational include: math, science, philosophy, linguistics and, of course, computer programming. The most confusing thing for most people when it comes to logic is to separate the truth of the statements or premises of the argument and the valid or invalid forms of the argument. In logic, an argument can be valid but the conclusion will be false if one or more of the premises are false. However, when the form of the argument is valid, it is impossible for the conclusion to be false when all the premises are true. There are two ways of reasoning: formal, also called deductive and informal, also called inductive. An argument with its conclusion is either inductive or deductive. In deductive logic, the conclusion is certainly true or absolutely false but in inductive logic, the conclusion has a higher or lower probability of being true. If the argument is deductive, it cannot be inductive; and, if it is inductive, it cannot be deductive. Both deductive and inductive logic have arguments in the form of syllogisms; deductive logic uses categorical syllogisms and inductive logic uses statistical syllogisms. In general, deductive arguments are either valid or invalid and inductive arguments are more or less cogent. The scientific method uses both types of logic. Inductive logic examines data observations to determine patterns and form theories. Deductive logic is used to test the reasonableness of hypotheses and theories. The deductive approach may be preferred by people of a certain temperament but neither the deductive or the inductive approach is better than the other. They each have different purposes and are often used alternately, in a series of steps, to achieve the desired result. Have you ever thought about how much logic is a part of life? Have you ever considered studying it, even if only as a hobby to keep your mind sharp? Do you appreciate the value of studying logic so as to improve your critical thinking skills? At this point, I am much more interested in studying deductive logic. I enjoy playing around with the Venn diagrams in categorical logic. Courseara has 4 free courses in logic. I most enjoyed the second and third parts which dealt with deductive logic. I like clear, black and white solutions more than things are only “probable” or where the conclusion is only “probable”. What I’d really like to figure out is how to do the logic puzzles in the Pencil Puzzle magazines where they tell you a story and you have to figure out from the clues who did what and where they did it. I only get so far with these then get stuck. Even reading the answer doesn’t help because I can’t grasp how they the used to clues to reach the conclusions. Sources: Deductive Logic - http://www.madwizard.com/lct_deductive.htm Deductive Reasoning vs. Inductive Reasoning — https://www.livescience.com/21569-deduction-vs-induction.html Puzzle Baron’s Logic Puzzle Solving - https://logic.puzzlebaron.com/how-to-solve-a-logic-puzzle.php Truth tables - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7mulE-zramc Venn diagrams for 4 types of categorical statements - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_19lMrCEv8I Venn diagrams for testing syllogisms - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rcyeHdx0Qv4&t=11s |
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Yes, I know some people do that but I'm a creative writer not a journalist. Poetry sells ... but it's a money-maker for only a few. I write A LOT. Almost 180 pieces since Spring equinox. My goal is 300-400 per year. One year I went over 1,000. I need to do more editing, polishing, sharing, submitting. Writer's block? Who has time for that? I don't.