Can you prove that logic exists?

If I were to slap you upside the head, you'd feel it. Seems pretty logical to me.

Technically, we can't prove 1% of anything. We could be all figments of a person's imagination, and to them logic is much different. However, logic can be defined as "The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference." With this definition, here's a few examples of logic:

A shed is rather bright in the night. There must be a light source on or near the shed, otherwise it would not be bright.

Bobby looked at the red stove. The stove is red, most likely, because it has a heat source.

Steam rose from the sink. There must be hot water running, or there wouldn't be any steam, would there?

Joe had a headache. Joe must have been rather tired, restless, stressed, angry, or been hit recently, otherwise he wouldn't have a headache.

The faucet was running. The faucet must be on, or else it wouldn't be running.

I think those are some good examples.

You are making assumptions on faulty facts. For example, if you were correct then the more believers in a population would mean that the general health of that nation would be better than more secular nations. France a secular nation with a generally irreligious population has the most effective health service in the world. The USA, the most religious nation in the western world, has the 37th effective health care in the world, (look it up, stats by the OECD). Despite all of those prayers the irreligious French will live longer, will live longer without illness, will have less mental health issues, fewer divorces, less crime, have lower infant mortality, fewer drug problems, fewer abortions. My opinion is that you do not really know what logic is and that you should fully research a subject, getting all the facts, globally not just locally, before you go off half ******. Edit: well church attendances is a hallmark of being an active Christian and France it is 12% in the USA it is 43%. Surely you are not claiming that France is a more Christian country than the USA.

Firstly, logic is a human construct. All I need to do to prove it exists is to reference any of the numerous books and articles on the subject. Your ill-worded and ultimately absurd question should actually be about the existence of the underlying principles that form the basis for logic. To answer that, yes, we can prove that.

In science, something can be considered proved at the point it becomes unreasonable to withhold belief. Can you reasonably withhold belief in the principles behind logic? Can you even unreasonably withhold belief? The simple understanding that the principles that underpin logic also underpin basic thought and speech reveals that withholding belief is not only unreasonable, but also impossible. Thus, the substance of logic is proved, scientifically speaking.

The fact that you have a Computer to type this on proves the existence of maths - as computers are based of maths.

As maths is logic in its purest form and you have a creation based of those principles that should be evidence enough.

Logic is simply the ability to look at something and deduct what will happen next. For example looking at an oven which is on and deducing that, due to the fire it will be hot.

No, you can't. You can't prove anything exists. However, what you can do is present evidence and come up with a conclusion based on that. The key to knowledge is accepting a fact that all evidance points to.

Using your theory, can you prove I exist? You can't see me or hear me, but you accept that I do exist because I'm writing this, and I can assure you that I do exist.

^Thats evidance for logic.

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'Logic' is the study of reasoning.

Logic is used in most intellectual activity, but is studied primarily in the disciplines of philosophy, mathematics, and computer science.

Logic examines general forms which arguments may take, which forms are valid, and which are fallacies.

It is one kind of critical thinking.

In philosophy, the study of logic falls in the area of epistemology.

Epistemology or theory of knowledge is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and scope (limitations) of knowledge.

It addresses the questions:

What is knowledge?

How is knowledge acquired?

What do people know?

How do we know what we know?

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Well, look at it this way, if you're right and I'm wrong, then it doesn't matter what we do, because reason would be pointless. If you're wrong and I'm right, then you've wasted your whole life being irrational and not making the best of things.

Yes. Logic is ignoring such tedious questions.

Off course I can - I won't even try proving it to you though as one has to have a modicum of intelligence to be able to understand it.

Considering the results of its application (which includes the PC you are using to type your question), I'd say that its validity is obvious.