>I think the most obvious example is: what are you
>trying to achieve? Logic can be a very useful
>tool, but you have to set your goals, decide what
>you want to do with your tools, without it. This
>is where religion, art, etc can come into the
>picture.
Good answer, thanks. I agree that logic by itself
can't tell you what your values should be, but I
wouldn't want to give it up when figuring out what
is possible, and what is entailed by holding certain
values.
Say I decide I value Nature (on arational grounds for
the sake of argument). I could then decide I like
wildlife so much I'm going to go shoot me an animal
and mount its head on my wall. Or I could give my
money and support to my favourite national park.
(If the shooting example seems perverse, then stop
dissing logic (Tim!))
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