Some arguments for propositional logic: MacColl as a philosopher

The paper considers the philosophical, rather than mathematical or logical, reasons why MacColl decided to develop a propositional logic. We find some answers in a discrete refusal to countenance a logic of things, in MacColl’s qualified anti-psychologism, and in a subtle epistemology of certainty l...

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Main Author: J.-M. C. Chevalier
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Éditions Kimé 2011-04-01
Series:Philosophia Scientiæ
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/philosophiascientiae/368