| The Thought Behind Logic
Allow me... In order to get to the basic root of the problem, try to eliminate memory completely from your investigation. This is possible by direct perceptive cognition of the "self" constitution of mind. When memory is eliminated we view pure thought, logic, and all our other vacated essence agents. Now, while using pure cognition to look behind the curtain, what can we see? Thought is an unending stream of consciousness, but when memory is eliminated, where is its origin? Even if we further eliminate the direct perception of the objective world, thought persists. So, what is left is the essence producing thought, whence it comes no one knows, and the mind's own constitution of "self-being", as Kant mentioned.
Now, if we were to read Heraclitus properly, we would realize he was talking about a different kind of natural logic, "logos", than most have interpreted. This natural logic can be isomorphic, i.e., elastic in nature, as we have all experienced - it need not be first order three value logic. The mind's natural logic is an innate, equilibriating, mathematical agent of essence. This natural logic is the only referee over our anarchic thoughts to create natural principles to live, an anywheres near sensible, life. Though as has been mentioned, logic can also produce true and false statements, as well as good and bad almost by itself alone. This is why all the other essence agents, such as emotions of compassion, empathy, etc., and judgment are also required to work in conjunction with thought and logic to semi-civilize thought and logic. The mind, to me, is a sharing quantum self-computer of many choices. Now, add the memory back in and whatch the choices multiply. When you add all the volitions, will, intent, etc., on and on in, you get quite a complex machine, since it can usually only operate the physical body linearly, one choice at a time, from trillions of possible choices.
Just my simple view,
Lloyd  |