Logical pluralism and logical consequence / Erik Stei.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stei, Erik, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pluralism.

Logic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 219 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Logical pluralism is the view that there is more than one correct logic. This is not necessarily a controversial claim but in its most exciting formulations, pluralism extends to logics that have typically been considered rival accounts of logical consequence - to logics, that is, which adopt seemingly contradictory views about basic logical laws or arguments. The logical pluralist challenges the philosophical orthodoxy that an argument is either deductively valid or invalid by claiming that there is more than one way for an argument to be valid. In this book, Erik Stei defends logical monism, provides a detailed analysis of different possible formulations of logical pluralism, and offers an original account of the plurality of correct logics that incorporates the benefits of both pluralist and monist approaches to logical consequence. His book will be valuable for a range of readers in the philosophy of logic.

Contents:

Logical pluralism introduced

What does it mean for a logic to be correct?

Three dimensions of plurality

The cardinality of logical consequence

Domain-dependence

Pluralities of meanings

Pluralism and disagreement

Normativity and collapse

Closing remarks.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 23 Mar 2023).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781108859585 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.