why one should not study logic?

Answer 1

One should not study logic, as logic teachers only teach those that don't study logic on their own.

Now ask yourself: did the logic teachers study logic themselves?
If they did, they are not being very logical.
And if they didn't, there is no reason to study logic with them.

Answer 2

The principle is that all knowledge is good as long as it has life enhancing influence. If you study logic with some wider purpose attached, as a part of a profession perhaps, than a study into logic is perfectly safe thing to indulge into. It can be a gorgeous way to think about things and events of life. You see all things are things in life, and they should be for life, productive useful and life enhancing. Obsession of anything is bad. If on the other hand an expertise in logic can make you a good lawyer or a scientist than that is perfectly right to study logic to your minds content.

The flip side of the coin is that I personally would not like to have pointy ears like Mr. Spock, as the logic can be to do with considering logical consequences of all things, which is good. But this can be equally bad for a good person in this day and age where most things happen without a reason that a good man can understand. Our natural ability to reason our way through life and its dilemmas is sufficient enough to live a happy life. If we over sensitise ourselves about logical aspect of life too much then we will definitely be doing this at the cost of something else in our mind - our aesthetic or creative qualities perhaps.

Answer 3

There are a lot of reasons why you should, but I will focus on your question which is why you should not...

I think if you judge the world by logic, you will begin seeing the world as always having black and white answers...and a very calculated reasonable explanation. You lose your sense of wonderment, and your ability to interpret and create. You might even lose faith or make hugely wrong assumptions about the world because you expect all explanations to make sense in a world that perhaps can not be explained away.

In a gallery there is a painting. The artist is anonymous. No one knows what he was trying to capture or say in his art. One very logical person walks in and says..."How is that even in a gallery. It is lines and splashes of color. It makes no statement. It's nothing." A group of children walk in and one says "Look at that space ship, see how the aliens are amazed at our Earth," and another walks in and says "this is the coolest underwater painting I have ever seen. There is even a shipwreck."

I don't know about you, but I am happy that there are people illogical enough to hang that painting in a gallery. I am happy that people are in this world who don't need black and white explanations to all things.

Answer 4

Confusing stuff logic, often it makes you make choices that you wouldn't normally make... for instance: I'm broke and depressed and logic dictates that I should stay at home and not spend on the credit card. However, to feel better buying something in the sales with the credit card makes me feel a darn sight better... see logic just confuses the matter! Hence, why we shouldn't study it... if we studied it, we would be wealthy but bored to death

Answer 5

We should study logic.

Learning logic enables the student to think more clearly. It provides her or him with means to evaluate the worth of arguments presented in everyday life as well as the academic world.

Logic is essential to understanding many subjects, including language and mathematics as well as philosophy, that provide an essential framework without which the intellectual advances that have made the modern world possible could never have happened.

Answer 6

Logic is a fundamental discipline and closely akin to Geometry, particularly when you work on proofs. As difficult as Logic can be, especially predicate logic, it is a worthwhile pursuit. It helps you to think straight, logically, and develops problem solving skills.

Answer 7

Why not? There is no logical answer to your question.

Answer 8

"Those who invalidate reason ought seriously to consider whether they argue against reason with or without reason; if with reason, then they establish the principles that they are laboring to dethrone: but if they argue without reason (which, in order to be consistent with themselves they must do), they are out of reach of rational conviction, nor do they deserve a rational argument." -- Ethan Allen

Answer 9

One will most likely follow the path to madness.

Answer 10

To not would get you flicked off in traffic.