2006-10-19 12:58:52 · 3 answers · asked by nguyen p 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Socrates (a great philosopher who had a love for reasoning out things and finding solutions which seemed "logical"), he was a tutor of Aristotle and Aristotle later turned out to be the tutor of Alexander the Great..............
by the way, wat does this ques. hav 2 do with chemistry?
2006-10-20 16:24:48 · answer #1 · answered by J D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You take the present accepted canons of the time and apply them to the situation for argument's sake. The problem with that is that the canons of science, for example, can not explain many things, that does not logically conclude that these things do not exist. They only state that with our present knowledge we can not, using logic, deduce that they are either proveable or not. We apply what we know to the situation as a more convincing statement. I'm sure that early cavemen were using the idea of logical arguments when they decided to follow animal footprints to find food. It's just that simple.
2006-10-19 20:41:18 · answer #2 · answered by Shaman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. My guess is that it is older than history but the Philosophers used it for centuries. Lawyers use what looks like logical argument in their trade, but "wouldn't you agree" do not always mean "I've decided that..."
2006-10-19 20:03:32 · answer #3 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋