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5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 4. Logic by Convention

18709	Laws of logic are like laws of chess - if you change them, it's just a different game [Wittgenstein]
	Full Idea: I might as well question the laws of logic as the laws of chess. If I change the rules it is a different game and there is an end of it.
	From: Ludwig Wittgenstein (Lectures 1930-32 (student notes) [1931], A XI.3)
	A reaction: No, that isn't the end of it, because there are meta-criteria for preferring one game to another. Why don't we just give up classical logic? It would be such fun to have a wild wacky logic. We can start with 'tonk'.