Is Logic Deductive, or Just Induction? — Ali Shukri Amin
First published on my writing site: www.aliamin.info/2026/09/is-logic-deductive-or-just-induction/
By Ali Shukri Amin. I first wrote this as comments on r/PhilosophyMemes, in the thread “My current path right now (semi-jokingly).”, copied here as written.
Comment 1
Is there any way to demonstrate that these patterns are truly deductive instead of being inductive? And if we cannot, then isn’t it possible what we call “logic” is overfitting for our observed sampleset and can be proven false at any time (the problem of induction)?
Furthermore there are problems even with classical logic (liar’s paradox, explosion, bivalence) so it isn’t a foolproof system, which you alluded to.
Is it effective? Yes. Does efficacy entail truth? Bot neccesarily
Comment 2
Isn’t what I’m describing exactly what Russell & Whitehead failed to do in Principia Mathematica & what Wittgenstein ultimately concluded is a Quixotic endeavor (though that doesn’t seem to stop the analytics)?
Comment 3
You’re a few steps away from radical skepticism and then (possibly) transcendence
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