XPost: sci.logic, comp.theory   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/2/2025 7:18 PM, André G. Isaak wrote:   
   > 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'.   
   >   
      
   That used to be the standard first sense meaning   
   if every dictionary.   
      
   the science that investigates the principles   
   governing correct or reliable inference.   
   https://www.dictionary.com/browse/logic   
      
   logic, the study of correct reasoning,   
   especially as it involves the drawing of inferences.   
   https://www.britannica.com/topic/logic   
      
   Logic is the study of correct reasoning.   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic   
      
   > 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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