>Logic is, at base, the study of reasoning. Survival of nearly any
>society requires some level of reasoning, however minimal. The point of
>studying logic, I should hope, is to refine our ability to reason.
And the best applications of logic are exhibited by the PR professionals when they spin the reason to excuse their employers - a 'fine' art.
A hunter-gatherer is more likely to employ a hard science to fish. Trial and error, observation and discovery. Where is the logic in the discovery of the refractive quality of water while you attempt to spear your fish?
This has been an interesting thread that morphed from dismissing the 'stupid white men' to argueing their basic logical reasoning.