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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2011-04-01
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| description | 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 linked to the methodical use of grammar. |
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