Does it take faith to believe in logic?

Question

Is it possible to deny logic?

((Logic such as law of identity or law of noncontradiction, not how well these laws are applied to an argument))

t-i-oneg-er: I disagree. To deny logic is to accept it. No faith, just acceptance, my personal belief.

Answer 1

Logic has a perfect record of working as advertised.

If you think that it requires faith to believe in something that has that kind of record, you have a very odd notion of "faith".

Answer 2

To some degree yes. At the very least, it requires an assumption that laws of logic such as the law of non-contradiction is also a law of "being." This cannot be demonstrated with logic, but simply assumed. Still, I am not sure "faith" is the best word for it.

Answer 3

That would be like asking "does it take faith to believe in arithmetic." 2 + 2 = 4, if you accept the definitions of 2, +, = and 4. Same for logic. The law of identity is no different than saying 2 = 2. Either you accept the defntion, or you don't; its not a matter of faith or belief.

Answer 4

You can "deny" anything you like. People do it all the time, however logic is a process that is arrived at by effort, not blind faith. Faith only goes so far until you've examined something that's said and come to the same conclusions or not, then it ceases to be "faith" and is either a theory, fact or not.

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Answer 5

yes, it is possible to deny logic. denial is a most powerful tool. I like to use it instead of courage and charge into intimadating situations kick *** and take names later., logic is senseless order to some of us with thought processing disorders. logic does not always apply, sometimes good old fashioned emotive thought and impulsive reacting work better than logic.

I guess faith can be used to believe in logic, however a critical thinking class would be a better choice

Answer 6

My life has been a long and sometimes regretful one. When I first started out, my father who gave me his name, but took me from his wife, indoctrinated me into Christianity. But it did not last long. I could not fool myself into believing what my soul felt was wrong. I regret the amount of time I spent trying to convince myself otherwise; almost 20 years. Then I had to give up.

I went into the world of business, and switched from the language of false compassion to that of cold and distant logic, the language of the soul that has always come easiest to me. I made my way up in the Chinese business world and was ready to retire with a nice-sized nest egg in fifteen years. I sold my business for more than it was worth through trickery, and even though it was a hefty sum either way, I feel guilty about even this much later.

With nothing to do, I began learning about different things, playing chess, but it was never exciting for me. Eventually, I learned from a friend about Buddhism. I researched it, and it was indeed the religion that was meant truly for me. I am now doing my best to equal the wrongs I did before I knew the language of true compassion and understanding. If I can help the people on Yahoo! Answers in my free time, it would please me greatly.

Answer 7

Yes, to an extent. The laws of quantum mechanics do not follow the conventional laws of physics. That's not logical. Our construct of logic might not be an absolute thing. Any extrapolation requires faith.

Answer 8

Of course it's possible to deny logic. It's just not logical.

And no, it requires no faith to believe in logic. Faith is the belief in something despite an abscence of evidence. By definition, logic is based on evidence.

Answer 9

no. There is no faith in logic itself, although sometimes assuming logic applies to a situation is illogical.

Answer 10

No: it takes faith to believe despite an absence of evidence. It takes rationality to believe in logic.