It will take us into the realm of philosophy. If you don’t know, or don’t acknowledge, the difference between a philosophical position and the argument used to reach it, I’m not sure how well you can understand the thinkers you criticise, or any other thinker, for that matter.
It’s not just vocabulary for its own sake. We tend to talk past each other, you and I, and I think that your choice of words is a factor. It’s not very technical to distinguish between an argument and its conclusion. Again, if you don’t know the difference, its difficult to criticise those who use arguments.
I really can’t think of anyone who thinks that. Even Kant knew the limits. He just wasn’t very good at argument. The difference between a rationalist and, say, an empiricist is not that they believe two different thing s about deductive reasoning, but that they accept different premises as true, or even as important. Deductive reasoning is merely a method. I think your argument is not with logic, but merely with some premises that some philosophers use.
I get that, and i think everyone else does, and has. I don’t think anyone has ever argued with you about that, and that’s not what i am arguing with you about now. Logic is “content neutral” as long as the content doesn’t contradict itself.
One wonders if Magee has actually read Hume. This is a very ignorant thing to say.
Common sense can only be cultural, or historical, or experiential. It’s the common sense - the sense we have in common. it’s learned and widely accepted wisdom. That’s just what the term means. Neither logic nor philosophy imply any abandonment of common sense. Many philosopher do abandon it, but abandoning it is not required to do logic or philosophy.
Iam, seriously, the reason you make these category errors is that you evidently haven’t taken the time to study logic. Your critiques of logic would be much more powerful if you did.
These Existentialists, as they wallow in their misery, have poisoned your mind. Read some Nietzsche - the most commonsensical of all philosophers. he doesn’t use deductive reasoning, but he understands it. And he’s the most cheerful of all philosophers. A good antidote to the European Emotionalists.