in order for inference/deduction to work, basic axioms like identity and non-contradiction must be true, and there's no way we can argue for the truth of those axioms because that would be circular (validity of argument depends on basic axioms being true, therefore you can't use argument to argue for axioms because that's begging the question). there is no way around this and if you really think about this and take it seriously you'll stop caring about logic just like me, just like wittgenstein, just like anyone who actually took the time to think about this and was honest enough to accept the obvious conclusion. a logical argument is quite literally no better than "i just think it's true".
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