Just read a piece about how the great Rene Descarte tried to devise methods to study so obscure a subject as philosophy in an orderly fashion as mathematics so that philosophical concepts can be logically deduced with certitude. Many other great thinkers have also played their part in trying to rationlaise every thought and every phenomena known. We all love reason and logic, we have been brought up like this, we have always been taught how to follow certain pre-determined steps to prove L.H.S. = R.H.S., to reason out our deeds and our wants. We cannot live without them even for a day and this fact sometime makes me wonder; why human mind is so hell bent on rationalising everything? What is this pursuit to absolute certainity all about? Are we trying to find a panacea for all our problems? Is logic the ultimate solution to everything?
There are many things which are beyond logic and science and have no explaination whatsoever. Consider love, romance (Oh dont give me that chemical crap), feelings like mercy and sympathy, spirituality, God. While it is a fact that these things exist and are beyond explainations but still some inquisitive souls just keep searching for answers to do away the irrationality and make everything beyond reasonable doubt. I am not deriding the works of Descartes or any other great thinker, nor i am qualified to. It's just that we all have a penchant towards logic, we are born with it. While the quest for this eternal truth may vary among individuals, but noone cannot completely do away with it. Even the most fannatic religious zealot tries to find reason with God.
May be this is for the betterment of our race. No denials that science has done wonders and is constantly comforting our life with all it's experiments and discoveries (though the issue is debatable). May be this is the way it is supposed to be but the question still remains 'Is logic an answer to all the queries that arise in our mind?', 'Can logic be applied to every situation or concept without any rebuff?'. I doubt that, specially in case of intutive inquiries as these tends to be subjective in nature. And i wonder how things which are not objective can be answered by logic, as a thing which may be seem highly logical to one soul might be illogical for other. Morality is the best example in my defence. How can a subjective concept like morality be rationalised. Even if somehow logic comes out to be the only solution i rather would not ratify it as everything would be so typecast then.
P.S. It's 2 A.M. and logically i should be in bed now. Catch ya later guys ;)
Well written boss! but seems a bit vague :)..knowing that Life is not all about logic but then Life is nothing without logic!!! Even m fed up of hearing things like 'lets be practical' for things that have just emotional element!! but that is how enigmatic life is :-)...you can't help it..nor can i..
ReplyDeleteSure it is vague buddy, i guess coz it's not logical....Like i said, even if the logic is ultimate solution to everything i would not rather ratify it, as everything would be typecast then. So to feel the excursions u need to be vague sometimes as is this piece.
ReplyDeleteHmmm.. pretty good. Truly said, logic cannot explain many things.. things like destiny and deja vu. And it makes perfect sense not to dig the logic of these things because, as already said, they can't still be ratified. They should better be left illogical and be allowed to continue with their own logic!!
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