I was thinking about logic today, and I've come up with some perhaps interesting points.

What is logic if you think about it? Well, to apply logic in practice one must have all the necessary information and process and apply it in an impersonal, systematic fashion. However, if you stop to think about it human beings seldom, if not never, have all the necessary information. We say 'this is the next logical step', but we don't have all the information so we can't be totally sure... Furthermore, there is the problem of priorities - let's say we take two people who are 'logical' (if anyone is familiar with MBTI, let's take two T's or two 5w6's if you know about the enneagram) and give these two the exact same information and ask them to reach 'a logical conclusion'. The two will most likely draw slightly, if not massively, different conclusions! Why might this be? Well, two things pop to mind - firstly, priorities. One person may have priorities as: '1. Self-knowledge, 2. Application, etc...', but the second might be the exact opposite. So even though these two people are both logical, they will come up with different conclusions. Also, what about the way we interpret the information we are given? Suppose two 'logical' twins are given identical information and their priorities are identical. They will most likely STILL come to different conclusions because they interpret the information in slightly different ways, attacking the knowledge from different angles so to speak. What is this telling us? Well, this could suggest logic develops from experience (because the way we interpret is down to mostly experience) and subjectivity because we have different priorities. I find this very ironic because logic is meant to be completely objective and unbiased, when in fact it could be viewed as completely biased and personal!

What do you all think of this? Feel free to share you comments, opinions and criticisms. Here are some questions you might want to ask yourself:

1. If there were no humans, would there be logic?
2. Does this mean logic is purely subjective?
3. Is logic an illusion?
4. Should we continue to use logic when it is so personal?
5. Are there any circumstances where there is 'objective' logic?
6. Is logic, in fact, perfectly logical and rational but language itself hinders it?
7. Is logic more 'logical' than emotion? Is emotion logical at all?