Logical Pluralism and Logical Consequence
Logical pluralism is the view that there is more than one correct logic. This is not necessarily a controversial claim but in its most exciting formulations, pluralism extends to logics that have typically been considered rival accounts of logical consequence – to logics, that is, which adopt seemingly contradictory views about basic logical laws or arguments. The logical pluralist challenges the philosophical orthodoxy that an argument is either deductively valid or invalid by claiming that there is more than one way for an argument to be valid. In this book, Erik Stei defends logical monism, provides a detailed analysis of different possible formulations of logical pluralism, and offers an original account of the plurality of correct logics that incorporates the benefits of both pluralist and monist approaches to logical consequence. His book will be valuable for a range of readers in the philosophy of logic.
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Logical Pluralism and Logical Consequence
Logical pluralism is the view that there is more than one correct logic. This is not necessarily a controversial claim but in its most exciting formulations, pluralism extends to logics that have typically been considered rival accounts of logical consequence – to logics, that is, which adopt seemingly contradictory views about basic logical laws or arguments. The logical pluralist challenges the philosophical orthodoxy that an argument is either deductively valid or invalid by claiming that there is more than one way for an argument to be valid. In this book, Erik Stei defends logical monism, provides a detailed analysis of different possible formulations of logical pluralism, and offers an original account of the plurality of correct logics that incorporates the benefits of both pluralist and monist approaches to logical consequence. His book will be valuable for a range of readers in the philosophy of logic.
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Logical Pluralism and Logical Consequence

Logical Pluralism and Logical Consequence

by Erik Stei
Logical Pluralism and Logical Consequence

Logical Pluralism and Logical Consequence

by Erik Stei

Overview

Logical pluralism is the view that there is more than one correct logic. This is not necessarily a controversial claim but in its most exciting formulations, pluralism extends to logics that have typically been considered rival accounts of logical consequence – to logics, that is, which adopt seemingly contradictory views about basic logical laws or arguments. The logical pluralist challenges the philosophical orthodoxy that an argument is either deductively valid or invalid by claiming that there is more than one way for an argument to be valid. In this book, Erik Stei defends logical monism, provides a detailed analysis of different possible formulations of logical pluralism, and offers an original account of the plurality of correct logics that incorporates the benefits of both pluralist and monist approaches to logical consequence. His book will be valuable for a range of readers in the philosophy of logic.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781108796835
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 05/01/2025
Pages: 227
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Erik Stei is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bonn

Table of Contents

1. Logical pluralism introduced; 2. What does it mean for a logic to be correct?; 3. Three dimensions of plurality; 4. The cardinality of logical consequence; 5. Domain-dependence; 6. Pluralities of meanings; 7. Pluralism and disagreement; 8. Normativity and collapse; 9. Closing remarks.
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