I-What is the Normative Role of Logic?

The paper tries to spell out a connection between deductive logic and rationality, against Harman's arguments that there is no such connection, and also against the thought that any such connection would preclude rational change in logic. One might not need to connect logic to rationality if on...

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Published inSupplementary volume - Aristotelian Society Vol. 83; no. 1; pp. 251 - 268
Main Author Field, Hartry
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2009
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Summary:The paper tries to spell out a connection between deductive logic and rationality, against Harman's arguments that there is no such connection, and also against the thought that any such connection would preclude rational change in logic. One might not need to connect logic to rationality if one could view logic as the science of what preserves truth by a certain kind of necessity (or by necessity plus logical form); but the paper points out a serious obstacle to any such view.
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ArticleID:SUPA181
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ISSN:0309-7013
1467-8349
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8349.2009.00181.x