The Laws of Thought

Western logic, science and philosophy are based on "Three Laws of Thought".

1. The law of identity:
    A thing is what it is.
    It can't be something else,
    at the same time, and in the same respect.

    P = P
    not(P) = not(P)

2. The law of noncontradiction:
     A thing cannot be both true and false at the same time.

     Not( P and not(P))

3. The law of the excluded middle:
    Either p is true or p is false;
    one or the other, but not both at the same time.

    P or not(P)

It is my perception that these laws are in conflict with observed reality and need to be reexamined.

1. Law number one is in conflict with Special Relativity. The measure of a thing is relative to the observer. For example, various observers see the color of a LASER beam differently depending upon their velocity relative to the beam. Of course, the hedging phrase "in the same respect" qualifies the error by suggesting that we ignore more fundamental laws which render law number one invalid.

2. Law number two is in conflict with quantum and classical physics. Things are composites of P's and not(P)'s properties where the P's have a clockwise sense, and the not(P)'s have a counter-clockwise sense. ( Plus and minus charges, hypercharges, baryon number, etc.) This can be expressed in classical physics as: period * precession = (mass(A) * G / C^3) * (mass(B) * G / C^3)

3. Law number three also ignores the properties mentioned in 2. P cannot exist without not(P). Zero is, in fact, the null point between P ( clockwise) and not(P) ( counter-clockwise) from which time and space arises. ( Or more correctly, is perceived.) The "excluded middle" is light, or more correctly, energy times distance. This is discussed in detail in another article at this Web site. It is my perception that logic and math should be reworked from the ground up in order to set the stage for the growth of science and culture.