Re: Intuitions, Illusions and Common Sense

Neil W Rickert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eray Ozkural  exa) writes:
> 
> >I think paradoxes are illusions much in the same way a visual illusion
> >occurs. The logical reasoning faculty expects a certain kind of input
> >and it tries to make a computation, in particular an inference which
> >will satisfy the question of whether a useful logical conclusion
> >exists given these premises.
> 
> What is this "logical reasoning faculty"?
> 
> I don't see any evidence that there is such a faculty.

Well, maybe you keep your observations to your own thoughts ;)

Seriously, I think we can compute inferences in propositional logic at
least. It perhaps doesn't come in logical sentences and wffs like
logicians would prefer, but it seems to me logic nonetheless!


> (Or are you referring to the faculty in the mathematics department of
> your university?)

LOL

> 
> >                             Liar's paradox is perhaps useful in this
> >regard, although it can be mathematically or philosophically
> >eliminated with conscious effort it evokes the same kind of "now, this
> >is inconsistent with reality" effect as a carefully designed visual
> >illusion.
> 
> When I first came across the liar paradox (as a child), I found it
> amusing.  It never seemed puzzling.  It never seemed that there was
> anything that had to be solved.

I didn't quite say puzzling, but yes, visual illusions are very
puzzling although I find them amusing first. "Funny, I know this isn't
quite right." That's a quite good way of putting it, role of humor in
common sense reasoning again!

Thanks,

--
Eray Ozkural