Logic’s Rule (Staying In The Zone)
The paper explores a Fregean inspired conception on what concerns the nature of logical laws. A basic idea is that logic must ‘take care of itself’, i.e., nothing topic-specific could play the role of ground for a logical law. In this Fregean mood, we’ll see as isolating logical laws requires to sep...
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2023-05-01
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| description | The paper explores a Fregean inspired conception on what concerns the nature of logical laws. A basic idea is that logic must ‘take care of itself’, i.e., nothing topic-specific could play the role of ground for a logical law. In this Fregean mood, we’ll see as isolating logical laws requires to separate being true from taken to be true. Such a path will lead us through a discussion on the role of representation in its relation to the true and the false. Logic’s proper justification (proof) concerns returning to more basic truths, but justifying such truths is something beyond its scope. According to Frege, logical laws are grounded solely on being true, which brings us back to the question about these laws’ relation to topic-specific matters, as well as their revision.
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| spelling | doaj.art-529357c5c4d342a4bbd476e15076c9332023-05-26T21:25:43ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaPrincipia: An International Journal of Epistemology1414-42471808-17112023-05-0127110.5007/1808-1711.2023.e93655Logic’s Rule (Staying In The Zone)Charles Travis0Department of Philosophy, King’s College London, London, UK / Universidade do Porto, Porto, PortugalThe paper explores a Fregean inspired conception on what concerns the nature of logical laws. A basic idea is that logic must ‘take care of itself’, i.e., nothing topic-specific could play the role of ground for a logical law. In this Fregean mood, we’ll see as isolating logical laws requires to separate being true from taken to be true. Such a path will lead us through a discussion on the role of representation in its relation to the true and the false. Logic’s proper justification (proof) concerns returning to more basic truths, but justifying such truths is something beyond its scope. According to Frege, logical laws are grounded solely on being true, which brings us back to the question about these laws’ relation to topic-specific matters, as well as their revision. https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/93655logical lawsprooftruth-groundrevision of logic |
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| title | Logic’s Rule (Staying In The Zone) |
| title_full | Logic’s Rule (Staying In The Zone) |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Logic’s Rule (Staying In The Zone) |
| title_short | Logic’s Rule (Staying In The Zone) |
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| topic | logical laws proof truth-ground revision of logic |
| url | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/principia/article/view/93655 |
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