Hi all,
In researching an idea for an essay I had about the limits of
logic, I came across a very interesting essay by a scientist, to which
I will provide a link. By the way, I also picked up some very
interesting quotes about logic. My aim is not to disparage logic,
only to point out that it is limited in scope. First the quotes:
"What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the
whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup."
- Boris Pasternak
"Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed
that uses it."
- Rabindranath Tagore
The wrong view of science betrays itself in the craving to be right;
for it is not his possession of knowledge, of irrefutable truth, that
makes the man of science, but his persistent and recklessly critical
quest for truth.
Sir Karl Popper
The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Here's the link: http://dharma-haven.org/science/terrible-truth.htm.
Rick S
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