Nature of Logic and Perception
What is real? Our perception of reality is often a product of the environment in which we live. In general, we formulate ideas of reality based on our own experiences as well as the experiences of the people around us. Our lives are influenced constantly by our surroundings. The act of critical thinking is what separates us from the other animals on our planet. As stated by Kirby and Goodpaster "that many philosophers since Aristotle have defined humans as thinking animals" (Kirby and Goodpaster, p. 3). For critical thinking permits us to ask the many probing…