Blog Post 3

I think that J.W. Krutch may be somewhat correct when he says that "logic is the art of going wrong with confidence," but that his assertion doesn't apply in every situation. Going by logic doesn't always lead to "going wrong," and it absolutely doesn't always lead to going right. I think that what he may really mean is that logic gives people a false sense of security and confidence, whether it leads them the right or wrong way, and I agree. When one uses logic to come to a certain conclusion, and their argument is logically sound, he or she may take it as a given that their conclusion is therefore correct when actually one of their beginning assumptions may have been wrong. However, I think it's probably too much of a generalization to say that logic is always going to lead people to go wrong with confidence, because logic can be a useful tool in backing up sound arguments as long as the assumptions the logical statement is based off of are correct, and as long as the tool of logic is used in the right way.