Systematic patterns of deviation from norm or rationality in the application of logical rules, often driven by emotion, worldview, or cognitive shortcuts. This isn't about formal fallacies, but about the biased choices we make within logic: which premises we accept, which inferences we draw, and which counter-arguments we entertain. It's the subjectivity hidden inside the objective shell of logic.
Logical Biases Example: Two people see the same data on tax cuts. One, with a pro-market logical bias, immediately infers it will stimulate investment. The other, with an equity-focused logical bias, infers it will increase inequality. The same logical tool (inference from data) is wielded to different ends based on prior ideological commitments.
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Get the Logical Biases mug.Biases in how we select, apply, and trust different systems of logic themselves. This is a bias about your philosophical toolbox. For instance, a preference for crisp, binary logic (true/false) in situations requiring fuzzy or probabilistic reasoning, or the bias of dismissing an entire line of argument because it uses a logical framework (e.g., dialectics, abduction) you're not comfortable with.
Logical Metabiases Example: An engineer, steeped in deterministic, Boolean logic, dismisses a sociologist's dialectical analysis of social change as "illogical." This is a Logical Metabias. The engineer is biased against a whole form of reasoning appropriate for complex, contradictory systems, falsely believing their own logical paradigm is universally supreme.
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Chris logic is to purchase 3 donuts instead of splitting a dozen with 3 friends who each want 3 and saving money.
Chris logic is to rent out a single bedroom for $2500 to a traveling nurse when a whole apartment near him rents for that price.
Chris logic is to rent out a single bedroom for $2500 to a traveling nurse when a whole apartment near him rents for that price.
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Get the Chris logic mug.Similar to Logthinking, but focused on the social enforcement of logical formalism as the only permitted mode of discourse within a group. The group develops a shared dialect of syllogisms and fallacies, using it as a cudgel to win arguments rather than a tool to find truth. Appeals to experience, values, or practicality are ruled "illogical" and out of bounds, creating a sterile, hyper-rationalized echo chamber that is often logically sound but humanly obtuse.
Example: In a philosophy debate club, a member argues for compassion in ethics from a phenomenological perspective. They are swiftly shut down by the club's president: "Your argument commits the appeal to emotion fallacy. Until you can present a formal deontological or utilitarian syllogism, you have no valid point." This Logical Groupthinking privileges form over substance, ensuring only one style of thinking can be heard.
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