LOGIC AND HOMOEOPATHY

Logic

The word logic means “the science and art of reasoning”. The Oxford advance learner dictionary defines logic as “a way of thinking or explaining something whether right or wrong”. So it is the ability to reason correctly. “it is the science of inference”. It teaches us how one judgment may be inferred from other judgments. In medical history Aristotle is considered as the first authority on logic. He wrote the first book on logic “organum” which was written in latin.

            Logic helps us to discover the truth from drawing conclusion from different premises. A premise is a statement or idea on which the reasoning is based, an inference is a conclusion reached on the basis of available facts. “There may and can exist, but two ways of investigation and discovering truth” says Bacon, the father of Inductive logic.

            There are two logic to arrive at conclusions:

                        1. Deductive logic

                        2. Inductive logic

1. Deductive logic = it is a method of logic, a process of reasoning from "generalized premises to particular inference". here a particular conclusion is drawn from  universal or general premises. if the general premises is true, than the particular conclusion derived from this premise must also be true. the conclusion of the deductive arguments never goes beyond the agreed general premise.

Ex: 1. General premise: all medical students are intelligent.

       2. Rama is a medical student. PARTICULAR PREMISE RAMA IS INTELLIGENT BECAUSE HE IS A MEDICAL STUDENT.

2.Inductive logic = It is a scientific methode  that  proceeds by the process of induction. it can be accepted only by experience. hence the inductive logic is called the logic of truth and reality. Lord Francis Bacon is considered as the father of Inductive logic. This procedure draws universal conclusion or inference from the experience based on particular premises. This logic proceeds from particular premises to generalized or universal conclusions.

Ex: 1. Ram is intelligent; he is a medical student.

       2. Sam is intelligent; he is a medical student.

       3. Sita is intelligent;She is a medical student.

From the above particular premises....we can say all the medical student must be intelligent. In this logic from particular premises we jump to general conclusions.

       Inductive logic supports the freedom to investigation, freedom to study the nature and freedom to draw conclusion individually. To arrive at conclusions the inductive logic recommends four steps:

        1.Exact observation

        2. Correct interpretation: understanding the observed fact in relation to other natural phenomenon.

        3. Rational explanation

        4. Scientific construction : From the above experience, arranging the observerd facts in a systemic manner, explaining the same in relation to reality.

    Novum organum" is the second volume of "Insuaration magna", this was written in latin based on Inductive logic by Lord Francis Bacon.

reference from Dr.G.N.Babu