Word: logic
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Wants Peace? At no time since the war began have peace rumors been so well supported by cold logic as they were last week. Hitler held Europe. With France under his control (see p. 27), he held sway over northwest Africa, had a foothold in the Near East. Peace would be fine for Hitler-peace with the status quo. It would give him time to consolidate his conquests, to build a navy, to soften up new worlds to conquer...
...difficulty meeting. For both the U.S. and Britain peace would mean that Hitler would have time to consolidate the whole of Europe and build a sea, land, and air power far more threatening than that he now possesses. But Anglo-Saxons do not always make vital decisions on cold logic alone: emotion is often stronger...
Ivanov was against using the "hard method" on Rubashov. "When Rubashov capitulates," Ivanov told Gletkin, "it won't be out of cowardice, but by logic. It is no use trying the hard method with him. He is made of a certain material which becomes the tougher the more you hammer...
Willard V. Quine, to prove the consistency of a system of mathematical logic, and to investigate philosophical presuppositions of science...
...Logic is a very specialized field, taken only by a few men, but this is no reason to shy away if you happen to be interested in the logical method. Quine is himself a famous logician, and his Phil. 1 is excellently handled. But before taking it, have a good memory and be able to think symbolically...