1st Edition
Reflective Equilibrium and the Principles of Logical Analysis Understanding the Laws of Logic
188 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
186 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book offers a comprehensive account of logic that addresses fundamental issues concerning the nature and foundations of the discipline. The authors claim that these foundations can not only be established without the need for strong metaphysical assumptions, but also without hypostasizing logical forms as specific entities. They present a systematic argument that the primary subject matter... Read more
Introduction
1. What is Logic About?
2. Some Platitudes (?) About Argumentation and Arguments
3. Beyond the Platitudes
4. Logical Analysis
5. Criteria of Formalization
6. Semantic Criteria?
7. Reflective Equilibrium
8. Logic as a Result of the Relfective Equilibrium
9. Incorrectness
10. Logical Analysis as Mapping the Inferential Landscape
11. The Landscape of Natural Language
Biography
Jaroslav Peregrin is Research Professor and Head of the Department of Logic at The Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
Vladimír Svoboda is Researcher at The Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
