Logical Pluralism

Name: Logical Pluralism
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ISBN: 9780199288410

ISBN-10: 0199288410

ISBN-13: 9780199288410

Edition: 2005

Authors: Greg Restall, J. C. Beall

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Consequence is at the heart of logic; an account of consequence, of what follows from what, offers a vital tool in the evaluation of arguments. Since philosophy itself proceeds by way of argument and inference, a clear view of what logical consequence amounts to is of central importance to the whole discipline. In this book JC Beall and Greg Restall present and defend what thay call logical pluralism, arguing that the notion of logical consequence doesn't pin down one deductive consequence relation; it allows for many of them. In particular, they argue that broadly classical, intuitionistic, and relevant accounts of deductive logic are genuine logical consequence relations; we should not…

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List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/2/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English




Preliminaries



Introduction



Logical Consequence



Propositions



Arguments



Necessity



Normativity



Formality



Cases



Pluralism Defined



What Kind of Claim is Logical Pluralism?



Logical Pluralism in a Nutshell



The Case for Logical Pluralism



What Lies Ahead?



Logics



Classical Logic



Specification of Cases



Admissibility



Emergence of Plurality



Applications



Summary



Relevant Logic



Specification of Cases



Relevant Consequence



Admissibility



Pluralism



Applications



Summary



Constructive Logic



Cases as Stages



Admissibility



Applications



Variations & Loose Ends



Free Logics



Second- and Higher-Order Logics



Languages and Logics



Loose Ends



Objections, Replies, Other Directions



General Objections



Specific Objections



Other Directions



Recognising Plurality



Exploiting Plurality



Plurality and Proofs


Index