Robert W. wrote: >Let's be clear on the meaning of *logic*. Logic as a >reasoning power existed before the discipline of >formalized logic. > >One can have a very powerful logical reasoning >facility without having attented a course on the >subject.
I agree. I guess some misunderstandings came from that double sens. I do use "logic" as a branch of math. To be sure I don't believe that logic is a special branch capable to provide foundation for the other part of math. This is the philosophical logicist thesis which has been abandonned since Godel's result. Quite the contrary, big part of math are used in logic. Having said all this, I must say that I believe logic can have important application in biology, psychology, theology, philosophy, artificial intelligence, computer science, etc. Bruno
