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As the foundation of our rationality, logic has traditionally been
considered fixed, stable and constant. This conception of the
discipline has been challenged recently by the plurality of logics
and in this book, Pavel Arazim extends the debate to offer a new
view of logic as dynamic and without a definite, specific shape.
The Problem of Plurality of Logics examines the origins of our
standard view of logic alongside Kant's theories, the holistic
view, the issue of logic's pragmatic significance and Robert
Brandom's logical expressivism. Arazim then draws on
proof-theoretical approaches to present a convincing argument for a
dynamic version of logical inferentialism, which opens space for a
new freedom to modify our own logic. He explores the scope,
possibilities and limits of this freedom in order to highlight the
future paths logic could take, as a motivation for further
research. Marking a departure from logical monism and also from the
recent doctrine of logical pluralism in its various forms, this
book addresses current debates concerning the expressive role of
logic and contributes to a lively area of discussion in analytic
philosophy.
Ethology, or how animals relate to their environments, is currently
enjoying increased academic attention. A prominent figure in this
scholarship is Gilles Deleuze and yet, the significance of his
relational metaphysics to ethology has still not been scrutinised.
Jason Cullen's book is the first text to analyse Deleuze's
philosophical ethology and he prioritises the theorist's
examination of how beings relate to each other. For Cullen,
Deleuze's Cinema books are integral to this investigation and he
highlights how they expose a key Deleuzian theme: that beings are
fundamentally continuous with each other. In light of this
continuity then, Cullen reveals that how beings understand each
other shapes them and allows them to transform their shared worlds.
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