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  ON TRUTH: KNOWLEDGE AND LOGIC ( MYKE IAN A. HECHANOVA) “What can we know?”   “How do we know?” One of the difficulties we have is whether we just believe or really know. We must have an understanding of how the world affects us in order to understand whether we know. There must also be a foundation for knowledge. All these questions are the basic ones before inquiring the Truth.   Isn’t it logical or illogical? How do we know that we know? This may sound epistemic but, this is the fundamental process to validate a certain argument through the use of critical thinking. Reflecting upon these points. I am brought to inquire of what the world we have right now in terms of logical reasoning or how does syllogism works in the realm of the current generation particularly, on my beliefs? Do my beliefs indeed lead me to the Truth? Or are they merely there so I would have my basis for my decisions and actions? I am not employing a Cartesian style of inquiry (i.e. Method...

  PERSONS: LOGICAL AND   A SEEMINGLY FALLACIOUS (MYKE IAN A. HECHANOVA) Logic is the foundation of the certainty of all the knowledge we acquire.                                                                         -Leonhard Euler Most logical fallacies can be spotted by thinking critically. Make sure to ask questions. Is logic at work here? Or is it simply rhetoric? Does their proof actually lead to the conclusion they are proposing? By applying critical thinking, you will be able to detect logical fallacies in the world around you and prevent yourself from using them as well. Philosophy does not adhere to faulty rea...

  WHY BE LOGICAL? (MYKE IAN A. HECHANOVA) In this vast world where everyone is vulnerable to be deceived and susceptible to be tricked by false arguments and beliefs. Why be logic? Why should individuals need to be critical enough in all aspects? Why study logic? In studying philosophy, logic is one of the fundamental foundations of reasoning. People are asking questions which only philosophy can provide an explanation. As what Aristotle said “Man is a rational being” that is, man is a thinking person. He categorized men as the highest animal being. For it is only human beings can philosophize. Moreover, philosophy aims to search for the truth, it is therefore, using reason. Thus, it is nature to human person to ask for the meaning of life and to search of fulfillment and happiness as started to have a sense of wonder in the world. Then, lead the person to ask questions.             Logic is concerned with methods and ru...

                                             TRUTH OF THE UNTRUTHFULNESS                                                           (MYKE IAN A. HECHANOVA) There are many ‘truths’ just hovering above us. Well, not every one of these are indeed true, but are just claims in reality. People tend to confuse claims with truths, and sometimes even the Truth. Some even take truths as the Truth. Man is an object of inquiry. A man by nature desires to know according to Aristotle and because of this “desire” to know things, it follows that as human people we are always an object of curiosity, so it became inevitable for us as a human beings to formulate many questions, to ask many things ab...