A. Ramos:
"Theorectical statements about language are about as useful as theorectical
statements about the natives of unknown lands. Language isn't a logical set.
Logical rules work for some statements, but not for others. If a statement is
illogical, it doesn't mean it is wrong. Logic can be within language, but
language is not within logic."
R. Paul:
>I wonder if we could have an example of an illogical statement?
I'll let Ramos elaborate, but I'd suggest something like
If snow is white, grass is green.
Snow is white
--------------------------------
Ergo, it is not the case that grass is green.
Turning that into a single statement:
"It is a tautology that if grass is green is a necessary condition for snow
being white and snow is white, grass is not green."
R. Paul would say that's _false_ rather than illogical.
But it is _analytically_ false, which possibly means what Andreas means by
'illogical statement'.
Then there's Geary's Lexicon:
illogical, adj.
against logical. Of a statement,
an illogical statement is one
said to contradict what my logic
i.e. beliefs (truth, pussy) is, are, etc.
Cheers,
JL
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