Quotes About Logic

All men are capable of reason. That is the fundamental principle of democracy.

Tienes que distinguir entre razón y pensamiento. Pensar como puedes echar abajo la pared no es razonar (...) La razón tiene que ver con hallar el fundamento del ser y la estructuración fundamental del orden del universo.

This death to the logic of emotional commitments of our chance moment in the world of space and time, this recognition of, the shift of our emphasis to, the universal life that throbs and celebrates its victory in the very kiss of our own annihilation, this amor fati, 'love of fate,' love of the fate that is inevitably death, constitutes the experience of the tragic art...

Logically, you should go to school, get good grades, go to college, get a good degree, go into the workplace, then work hard and be happy. The only problem is that happiness isn't logical.

Cuando se ama no se razona. Cuando se razona parece que no se ama. Cuando se razona después de haber amado, se comprende por qué se amaba. Cuando se ama después de haber razonado, se ama mejor. He aquí el sendero del progreso de las almas

The Latin name for the fallacy of appealing to an illegitimate authority or expert is argumentum ad verecundiam, which means "argument to shame.

Music is what mathematics does on a Saturday night.

Music is what mathematics does on a Satruday night.

When all else fails, men turn to reason.

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

the "human need for transcendence should be met with minimal embarrassments to reason,

We have no room for the mystical in science

In science we look to Occam's razor (or scientific parsimony) to understand phenomena, the concept that the best hypothesis is the one that requires the fewest assumptions.

When people attempt to rebel against the iron logic of Nature, they come into conflict with the very same principles to which they owe their existence as human beings. Their actions against Nature must lead to their own downfall.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas.

I really enjoyed Paul Sinha. He's from 'The Chase.' As you imagine, he's intelligent. But that doesn't mean he's got any common sense at all.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

We are all equal not because we partake in some peculiar nature or because we share in the same credo of unreasoned beliefs, but because we take it that no thinking being is incapable of seeing reason.

Early AI was mainly based on logic. You're trying to make computers that reason like people. The second route is from biology: You're trying to make computers that can perceive and act and adapt like animals.

When something is beautiful in math, everything is just perfectly lined up, and you see through sheer thought that something really beautiful can take place.

Your Excellency, I have no need of this hypothesis.

The theory of probabilities is at bottom nothing but common sense reduced to calculus.

Sire, I have no need of that hypothesis.