Wolff's book defends the Kantian idea of a "general logic" whose
principles underlie special systems of deductive logic. It thus
undermines "logical pluralism," which tolerates the co-existence of
divergent systems of modern logic without asking for consistent
common principles. Part I of Wolff’s book identifies the formal
language in which the most general principles of logic must be
expressed. This language turns out to be a version of syllogistic
language already used by Aristotle. The universal validity of
logical principles, as well as the translatability of other logical
languages into this language, are shown to depend only on the
meanings of its logical vocabulary. Part II of the book answers the
metalogical question concerning the deductive relation between
general logic and special logical systems, which also have their
own (less general) principles. This part identifies the rules
according to which logical rules can be derived from principles.
The main result of the book is that the highest principles of logic
and metalogics are provided by the syllogistic, when properly
understood.
General
Imprint: |
De Gruyter
|
Country of origin: |
Germany |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Michael Wolff
|
Translators: |
Clark Wolf
|
Dimensions: |
230 x 155mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
400 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-11-078486-2 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
3-11-078486-6 |
Barcode: |
9783110784862 |
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