We should distinguish mind from logic. The mind is more general than
logic, as you might do something that is unacceptable in the mind of a certain
society but the mind of another society sees nothing wrong with it. Logic,
however, is detached from the changing reality. For instance, when you say that
"up" is the opposite of "down, or the "whole" is
bigger than the "part", those are unchanging facts because they are
constituents of logic. But if a Muslim says: we should eat using right hand
only, this is part of the Muslim mind not the general logic, even though it
doesn't oppose it in this example.
Logic doesn't change, and we can't think without it. Logic is a list of
constant facts. Error occurs, if it does, in the process of inferring from the
building blocks of logic, as an inference can be logical or erroneous.
Inference is part of thinking which might neglect some areas and focus on
others and then falls into error. However, logic itself doesn’t err, and who
uses logic in thinking is similar to who conducts a scientific experiment. The
possibility of error lies in the application of logic, not in logic itself.
This is similar to conducting an experiment of a scientifically proven fact, if
there was an error it won't be because of the scientifically proven
information, but it might be in the timing, sequence of steps, or a neglected
element of the experiment etc… .
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