From the course: UX Foundations: Logic and Content
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Logical communication
From the course: UX Foundations: Logic and Content
Logical communication
I'm sure you've heard or even taken part in a conversation where someone has said, that makes no sense. What exactly does that mean? How do we know when something makes sense? The answer is, we know because of logic. Because even though we don't go around thinking about logic on a day-to-day basis, it's the very foundation of how we communicate and how we make statements about the world. For us, ideas and the words we use to communicate them are vague. Logic allows us to apply rules to these words, and through these rules assign simple values to them identifying them as true or false. In simple terms, a true statement makes sense. A false statement does not. So how does this work in real life? Consider our previous example of the tree. What if I made the statement that all trees are green? More than likely, you would tell me this is not true, it makes no sense. You could even point me to a tree that is not green like a Japanese Bloodgood Maple whose leaves are dark purple. But, even…
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