I am also a philosopher, though nowhere near as well known as Dan Dennett. One of the first things we were taught as philosophy majors was Logic. We have it beaten into our heads, and rightfully so. I can spot a fallacy now, a mile away! But what I cannot do, however, is prove the primacy of logic. Why should the Logos be favored over Ethos or Pathos? Why should my truth tables be considered more 'weighty' than your 'feelings' (pathos)? Why should rhetoric be better than force? Dan can't say.
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I am also a philosopher, though nowhere near as well known as Dan Dennett. One of the first things we were taught as philosophy majors was Logic. We have it beaten into our heads, and rightfully so. I can spot a fallacy now, a mile away! But what I cannot do, however, is prove the primacy of logic. Why should the Logos be favored over Ethos or Pathos? Why should my truth tables be considered more 'weighty' than your 'feelings' (pathos)? Why should rhetoric be better than force? Dan can't say.
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