XPost: sci.logic, comp.theory   
   From: agisaak@gm.invalid   
      
   On 2025-10-02 18:10, olcott wrote:   
   > On 10/2/2025 6:50 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:   
      
   >> And how do you determine the "base meaning" of a word other than by an   
   >> appeal to convention?   
   >>   
   >> André   
   >>   
   >   
   > Frequency of use in ordinary conversation.   
   > Thus "logic" does not refer to anything   
   > besides the generic notion of the science   
   > of correct reasoning.   
      
   I've never heard anyone other than you claim that it refers to 'the   
   science of correct reasoning'.   
      
   I suspect if you tracked ordinary conversation you'd find it just means   
   something along the lines of 'things Mr. Spock would say' rather than   
   anything specific. But in a conversation on math, or formal systems, or   
   computational theory, the term of the art should always be assumed   
   (assuming you want to be understood).   
      
   André   
      
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