Bad Logic - Bertrand Russell Mischief

I'm not a Russell fan so his followers will have different opinions. One particular quirk of symbolic logic is the reason for this column. First it should be said that symbolic logic owes a great debt to Bertrand Russell for early work on that branch of mathematics. My complaint is mainly one situation that occurs when a contradiction is found in a logical sequence. The rules allow almost any type of mischief to be attached to remove the contradiction, whether the attachment has any validity or not. A link is given to a good introductory text on symbolic logic for people with little background in mathematics. read more

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