====== The Laws of Logic Hold Universally ======

===== Assumptions =====

===== Reasoning =====

  * There is no way to prove them wrong
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]

  * We need the laws of logic in order to even hold a discussion
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]

  * The laws are self-evident and self-proving
  * If the above is true, [[]]
∴ [[]]


===== Definitions =====
Laws of Logic
  * P is P (Law of Identity)
  * Either P or x P (either P or ~P) (Law of Excluded Middle)
  * P is not x P (P is not ~P) (Law of Noncontradiction)

===== Notable Defenders of this Position =====

===== Counter-Argument =====
[[x The Laws of Logic Hold Universally]]


====== Talk ======
This is admittedly difficult to represent on this site without assuming them. Even Descartes, in trying to give the basic "I think, therefore I am," had trouble doing so without relying on these rules. Perhaps they are not something we argue as much as something we just accept.