Weaker logic produces more interesting philosophical consequences.

Evidence

This illustrates an important truth, namely, that the worse your logic, the more interesting the consequences to which it gives rise. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2705

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2705
• XREF: connects to: Philosophical inconsistency can generate richer intellectual movements than rigid logical consistency. — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2085; Complicated cleverness can be worse than simple sense — , A Year of World Stories, 5572; Philosophical ambition and messiness outweigh polished but shallow philosophizing — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 912

Library Connections

• Philosophical inconsistency can generate richer intellectual movements than rigid logical consistency. #corroborates (0.95) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2085