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The Logical Alien - Conant and His Critics (Hardcover)
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The Logical Alien - Conant and His Critics (Hardcover)
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"A remarkable book capable of reshaping what one takes philosophy
to be." -Cora Diamond, Kenan Professor of Philosophy Emerita,
University of Virginia Could there be a logical alien-a being whose
ways of talking, inferring, and contradicting exhibit an entirely
different logical shape than ours, yet who nonetheless is thinking?
Could someone, contrary to the most basic rules of logic, think
that two contradictory statements are both true at the same time?
Such questions may seem outlandish, but they serve to highlight a
fundamental philosophical question: is our logical form of thought
merely one among many, or must it be the form of thought as such?
From Descartes and Kant to Frege and Wittgenstein, philosophers
have wrestled with variants of this question, and with a range of
competing answers. A seminal 1991 paper, James Conant's "The Search
for Logically Alien Thought," placed that question at the forefront
of contemporary philosophical inquiry. The Logical Alien, edited by
Sofia Miguens, gathers Conant's original article with reflections
on it by eight distinguished philosophers-Jocelyn Benoist, Matthew
Boyle, Martin Gustafsson, Arata Hamawaki, Adrian Moore, Barry
Stroud, Peter Sullivan, and Charles Travis. Conant follows with a
wide-ranging response that places the philosophical discussion in
historical context, critiques his original paper, addresses the
exegetical and systematic issues raised by others, and presents an
alternative account. The Logical Alien challenges contemporary
conceptions of how logical and philosophical form must each relate
to their content. This monumental volume offers the possibility of
a new direction in philosophy.
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