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Critical Views of Logic
Mirja Hartimo, Frode Kjosavik, Øystein Linnebo
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This book examines positions that challenge the Fregean logic-first
view. It raises critical questions about logic by examining various
ways in which logic may be entangled with mathematics and
metaphysics. Is logic topic-neutral and general? Can we take the
application of logic for granted? This book suggests that we should
not be dogmatic about logic but ask similar critical questions
about logic as those Kant raised about metaphysics and mathematics.
It challenges the Fregean ‘logic-first’ view according to which
logic is fundamental and hence independent of any extra-logical
considerations. Whereas Quine assimilated logic and mathematics to
the theoretical parts of empirical science, the present volume
explores views that stop short of his thoroughgoing holism but
instead take logic to be answerable to or entangled with some
particular discipline. The contributions provide views that assign
primacy to mathematical reasons, Kantian metaphysical grounds,
Husserlian transcendental phenomenological reflection, or normative
considerations about how terms ought to be defined in various
fields of empirical science or mathematics. Space is thereby carved
out between a Fregean position on the one hand and Quinean holism
on the other. Critical Views of Logic will be a key resource for
academics, researchers, and advanced students of philosophy,
linguistics, mathematics, and computer science, as well as those
engaged in various fields of empirical science. The chapters in
this book, except for chapter 4, were originally published in the
journal Inquiry.
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