Logic is perhaps the most important of all tools in the attainment of truth, if by logic you mean the ability to reason, the use of reasoned arguments etc.
Logic alone can't give insights or let us gain new information; that's clear. But without a rational approach, that looks at evidence and considers it objectively, new information is of little use anyway. (By the way, by "information" I don't just mean facts out of a textbook or whatever; it includes all the input we get, sensory information, experience and so on.)
Logic gets a bad press because we associate it with a cold, calculating attitude; there is an idea that people who pride themselves on their logical reasoning don't have feelings, or at least never let their feelings take charge. But logic is just looking at, and understanding, the way one thing follows another and/ or the way things fit together, and what we call "feelings" are part of that. To find the truth about anything, you need to use your whole intelligence - instinct, imagination, analytical ability, and logical reasoning.
Logic alone can't give insights or let us gain new information; that's clear. But without a rational approach, that looks at evidence and considers it objectively, new information is of little use anyway. (By the way, by "information" I don't just mean facts out of a textbook or whatever; it includes all the input we get, sensory information, experience and so on.)
Logic gets a bad press because we associate it with a cold, calculating attitude; there is an idea that people who pride themselves on their logical reasoning don't have feelings, or at least never let their feelings take charge. But logic is just looking at, and understanding, the way one thing follows another and/ or the way things fit together, and what we call "feelings" are part of that. To find the truth about anything, you need to use your whole intelligence - instinct, imagination, analytical ability, and logical reasoning.
