The Laws of Logic, or Why Formal Logic Sucks

Word Count: 2470 I think that the laws of logic are true ultimately in the same way that all statements are true: due to their coherence to a model of experience. First, to clarify, in this context, experience is referring to phenomenological experience generally, not merely to sense data. There are two aspects to our …

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Reason is Not the Basis for Morality

Word Count: 1311 I reject the idea that reason can be a basis for morality. This is for a series of interrelated reasons. Reason, defined as a psychological mechanism where thought conforms to rules for thinking (a logic), is not a suitable as a foundation for anything, let alone morality. This is because of the …

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