The Spock Fallacy

Same is true of the word, "science," at least outside the Anglo-Saxon community. That's why Arts and Sciences are still united in University, at least in titular form.  

The cartoons above, steal the show, regardless.

Logic has another sense that you are perhaps not aware of. It is an older sense. Think of these:

The logic of parenting, the logic of pathologic, the logic of biologic, the logic of geologic, the logic of chess.

While this may sound kind of odd to you, I'll bet you also sense something kind of intuitive about it as well.

This is because the word "logic" can also mean a relationship, a relationship that makes sense. When you say a chess move is "logical," it means it makes sense, it is in congruence with something concerning chess, perhaps a chess goal, or a chess objective or a chess principle. The world "logical" means relationship, a relationship within a system of relationships that make up this system we're speaking of, like biologic--the logic of the biological systems and how they interplay and work together. All bodies of knowledge are a web of interrelated systems. They are "logical," they make sense, they imply other things, you can derive things from them, you can figure things out, make them intelligible.

Conversely an "illogical" chess move would be one that does not make sense, that is outside of reasoned play, outside the goals and objectives of sound play.

Logical is a perfectly good word. I find your prejudice against the word "logical," well, "illogical." ;-)

Glad you cleared that up.  Sort of.

Facts, Logic, Stories, and Metaphors, inter alia, are the minimum conditions for human discourse.  A speaker and an audience might help too.

Stick to cartoons in this thread, you'll surely go further with "The Captain's Log."

Dr Who would use a sonic screw driver to unblock the karzie.

I've never seen a wc on Star Trek  - any series. I conclude in the 25th century they use transporter technology obviating the need for bowel movements

But they may still program the holodeck to sit on the pot and read a good book or to think. Great problems can be solved by spending quality time on the john.

Perhaps I'm missing something but I don't believe this is a valid argument against the word 'logic'. 'If your initial data on the chessboard is flawed, say, you miss a tactic threatening you with material loss, and play a ‘logical’ move, then your ‘argument’ will be disproved:'. Okay, yet why would the initial data be flawed? The only thing that would be flawed is your perception of the available data. Which is what leads one to make a mistake (many in my case). A computer will find the best move, surely therefore the most logical move is that one (if our objective is winning the game as quickly/efficiently as possible). 
Of course if someone is commenting on their own game, they made a move and called it logical, yet it led to a scenario where they had thousands of better options, they will be wrong. The problem is no human ever plays the perfect 'logical' game. In that sense I understand. I just don't think the word should be removed because humans aren't capable of perfection. For instance, if some GM explains his game in depth, talking about the moves he made, I think it's fine for him to say 'X continuation was the most logical to me'. It may not have been perfect but it's a lot better than most people and it's certainly still extremely good chess.

'where no Capt's log has gone before'